Would be nice to see two flight deck jumpseats, however.

 

It is a rolling 7 day period. If you are already at 27.6 hours on the 5th, then there is no way to pick up something else on the 6th.

 

I don't think it's a very wide airplane... it's same size as a DC-9 or MD88: 2/3 seating. My guess is those pictures were made using a wide-angle lens. (I know they are computer generated)

 

Sidestick is marketed to increase safety? whaaa

Also, got to love:

"RNP0.1 capability: allows the aircraft to fly routes with great precision"

Subtle indication of the future?

 

I didn't know that the 50 seat RJ was capable of flying to TLV with 400 passengers and a full load of cargo. If I had known that, I would have compared the numbers between the it and the 747.

 

How many of the Airbi and Boeings coming down the production line are purchased by lessors with no definitive customers? Just read GECAS ordered 30 ATRs, I don't know but I wonder if they're really for anyone anyways? Delivery slots do have value of you resale at a premium.

fwiw, when it comes to new aircraft orders I worked on an order when I was the CP for a corporate operation. First, the Embraer Legacy the boss owned was acquired while already on the production line when someone backed out. Evidently happens all of the time and sometimes you're stuck with options you didn't want sometimes you're not. Now the boss ordered one of the new Phenom 100s to augment his jet. At the time a lot of people and companies were buying positions for the 100s in the hopes of holding them up until they had to make progress payments and then selling them for a premium (read double) to a real buyer who was too impatient to wait through a rather sizable backlog.

That ticked Embraer off as they incorrectly saw that they could've made more money up front by increasing the prices of their positions. The boss had ordered one of the new EMB-500s to replace his Legacy but when those prices went up he dropped the 500. If you go online you'll see about 27+ Phenom 100s for sale. Many are future positions as this game of securing one and then selling it for a premium backfired simultaneously with the house flipping craze.

Thats my two cents.

 

And to add, how many 737-800 positions did Delta resale?

 

I don't believe are Boeing contract allowed us to resell a unconfirmed position. What we did do however is resell a bunch (30 Plus) 737-800's after purchasing them. The planes went from the production line to the new airline without Delta ever flying them however we technically took delivery and then sold the aircraft.

 

Nu makes a lot of great points here. They can get jets when they want them if they want them.

I do however remember Boeing lamenting the over production ramifications they suffered from earlier to where they gave a optimum lead time on orders to be I want to say 2-3 years? Or maybe I'm confusing manufacturers on the time frame but I swear it was Boeing that suffered from overproduction problems.

Boeing could always create a new venture with a manufacturer free of the IBT, NLRB and US Govt, free of a lot of issues plus provide them with an immediate 100 seater jet... Embraer? My bet is Boeings next final assembly line will not be in the U.S. After all there is a great model their customers developed called outsourcing what you do best and making money on the ancillary stuff.

As for Delta, we don't need to order new when we can acquire used jets about to be parked:



Cheap and easy.

 

^^^ there, thanks sailin'. new planes do come available for the right price. I think we never really wanted them, right? But had they been lower priced we'd kept em', right?