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01-18-2026 | 03:35 PM
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The touchscreen FMC’s bring on a ton of capability. Think 787 type box. It will be night and day..and touch screen isn’t the same as a phone. Your phone requires you to press on the screen. Jet type screens are using lasers or other systems to tell when your finger is going with very high precision. They work phenomenally . Garmin has flooded the jet markets with touch screens and it’s a non issue. I hope we still plan to retrofit the -900’s with touchscreens as we will get that awesome capability increase.
01-18-2026 | 04:19 PM
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The touchscreen FMC’s bring on a ton of capability. Think 787 type box. It will be night and day..and touch screen isn’t the same as a phone. Your phone requires you to press on the screen. Jet type screens are using lasers or other systems to tell when your finger is going with very high precision. They work phenomenally . Garmin has flooded the jet markets with touch screens and it’s a non issue. I hope we still plan to retrofit the -900’s with touchscreens as we will get that awesome capability increase.
01-18-2026 | 09:51 PM
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Also the MD88/90 had the same as the 75 with regards to that ACARS screen thingy usually the reason they were glitchy wac due to dirt and stuff along the inside edge where the sensors were. A quick wipe around the inside edge of the box with a microfibre or lense cleaning cloth would usually do the trick to get it functional again
01-19-2026 | 11:03 AM
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Its way above most of our pay grades, other than the question of will it delay those airframes into revenue service or not.
01-19-2026 | 11:31 AM
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I’ve heard some muckity mucks in the 73 world verify it’s an issue. Debating on pressing on or delaying. While HUD is deferrable, the fleet has made it the default standard, so unleashing an entire sub fleet without it for possibly a long while presents an issue with fleet philosophical alignment.
Its way above most of our pay grades, other than the question of will it delay those airframes into revenue service or not.
Its way above most of our pay grades, other than the question of will it delay those airframes into revenue service or not.
01-19-2026 | 11:34 AM
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The MAX touch screens are light years ahead of those.
Also the MD88/90 had the same as the 75 with regards to that ACARS screen thingy usually the reason they were glitchy wac due to dirt and stuff along the inside edge where the sensors were. A quick wipe around the inside edge of the box with a microfibre or lense cleaning cloth would usually do the trick to get it functional again
Also the MD88/90 had the same as the 75 with regards to that ACARS screen thingy usually the reason they were glitchy wac due to dirt and stuff along the inside edge where the sensors were. A quick wipe around the inside edge of the box with a microfibre or lense cleaning cloth would usually do the trick to get it functional again
01-19-2026 | 12:06 PM
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Not that it would literally be on MEL or not. But that there is a rigorous debate taking place about what to do about it if it’s not ready when then plane is. The item is MEL-able, so it can clearly fly without it. However, it’s the left seat philosophical standard to use it often and there is a debate right now if it’s ok to simply unleash a rapidly growing sub category with an operationally philosophical difference that significant. I would be OK with it but it’s not my call obviously.
01-19-2026 | 12:09 PM
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The 88 ACARS head was anti microbial. Not because of any special coating, but its operating temperature was only slightly below that of the surface of Venus. It was so hot the engineers had to place it at a steep enough angle to not be useable as a coffee cup warmer.
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01-19-2026 | 12:28 PM
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The AP, AT, APU and many other more obscure things are deferrable especially some equipment that’s optional. However a sub fleet with something fundamental to the rest that’s missing presents a concern that’s being discussed.
I can’t imagine an airline would take deliveries of 9 figure fully airworthy planes only to park them for months or years over something like that. We’ll see.
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