Originally Posted by georgetg (Post 1629734)

Meet our next wide body...

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2...dal%20A346.png

• First flew March 2004
• Seats 350 pax
• Good cargo capacity
• Great for hot and high SA/LA destinations
• Airbus has seven 340-600 available right now
• 4 for the price of 2 engine MX from Rolls
• Virgin is parking their remaining 340-600s
• Used prices dropping to 20-30M
• Average price for a new 777-300 approx. $300M
• Fuel burn only 12% more than 777-300, but 24% less than 747-400

Cheers
George

Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1629925)

Anyone else having issues with travelnet not accepting any airport codes?

Originally Posted by Wilbur Wright (Post 1629955)

It's a Firefox issue. Something to do with cache. (Something I don't have enough of)

Restarting FF normally fixes it or I just switch to Chrome.

Originally Posted by Wilbur Wright (Post 1629878)

True, but we needed pilots yesterday too. As much as I'd like to see something like this, I think Delta is already behind the power curve on hiring/training. Adding those kind of positions at the top of the food chain would exacerbate the problem.

Still, it's like that time in between buying a lottery ticket and when they announce the numbers. I can fantasize about the future.

Originally Posted by Wilbur Wright (Post 1629964)

Is it poor APC etiquette to quote yourself? Just to add fuel to a "bridge" wide body aircraft order rumor...

From a recent memo:

The 747/777/330 Flight Training departments anticipate some limited hiring of Seniority List Instructors in 2014.

Originally Posted by Fly4hire (Post 1629809)

Reference comments made in a certain published notes about bridge aircraft. Common type with 330, very short differences course for current 330 pilots if flown as common category, TVM of a cheap acquisition for short term (<10 yrs) makes up for a lot of other factors, and excellent metrics for long haul capacity. 840K MTOW, 375 dual class, 7900nm range for damn near free? That buys a lot of gas and creates a lot of revenue and the aircraft are still very comfy and would sync with other Airbus WB customer premium expectations easily. Recall RA is very fond of used proven airframes at bargain prices. We need added long haul capacity yesterday.
!!1
What would your opinion be of biting off on a common category with the 330 to streamline the acquisition and training costs to quickly get close to 20 additional WB's in the fleet and the benefit to the pilot group?

Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1629965)

The used 744s and A346s has been discussed before given the 777-300 backlog, is that backlog really an issue? If so, makes sense to acquire 346s.

And if it was just a fleet of 7, is that so bad if it has commonality with the A330 or is it still too small of a sub fleet?

Originally Posted by firstmob (Post 1629968)

There are more than just 7 available.