Agreed!! !

Them Fellers at Boeing gots themselves some good engineers and some bad management.

(t-square, stop reading here.)

The fan diameter of the Pratt and Whitney PW1000 engine will be 81".
The fan diameter for the current 737NG with the squished nacelles is 61" inches.

There's no room for a bigger fan.

So Boeing is going to jack up the nose 8"
To do that they have to add a bulge under the fuselage.
They don't want to redo the main gear, so the biggest fan that fits is 70"

That's a 14% difference in fan size with the equivalent fuel burn implications.
Even if the 737 is lighter and more efficient than the A320 it's not more than 5-7% in fuel burn.

The 737RE is a bandaid on a reworked late 60s design.
The A320neo is a re-engined mid 80s design.

If Delta orders the GTF Pratt motors on the Baby Bus order coming up, its a sign of long-term financial planning.

If Delta orders the LEAP-X motor or goes out and orders the 73RE, it's a sign of short-term gain with long-term pain...

Now if Boeing kept the 727 concept they could put 90" fans on the tail :D

Cheers
George



Cheers
George

Current training limits us to about 600 a year, but I am guessing that they could slam 800 a year though if they had one big bid with openings everywhere and just put new hires where they needed them. Of course, the smart thing to do would be to preemptively hire.

Thanks George... injuneers.. gud.. managemunt.. bad:D

Eat more chikun!

So anyone want to get together and get a start-up going with the idea that we would create the LOW LOW LOW cost air carrier out of LaGuardia to buy up the slots? Once we win the auction we could turn around and sell them back to Delta, cash out and retire!

Same thing happened to me on American. If you find out something can you PM me?

I believe Paxhauler got to start over someplace new two years ago when Mesa/Freedom lost the DCI flying. Don't recall where but I'd imagine he's still right seat.

Unless there are two Paxhaulers (and Spa(c)klers, and TSquares, etc).

Not just 600-700 new hires a year, but also all the upgrades and people moving between aircraft as well as recurrents. Can they manage 4,000 events a year?

They hired 90 per month through most of the late '80s til Jan '92.

They can flex up pretty easily if they use contract simulators.
We had facilities at Greenbriar. They used to send lots of guys to Miami all the time, etc. There are sims out there.
More expensive, but definitely an option if required.

RA to DALPA (hypothetically): "Well boys we can't train enough pilots to grow the airline and replace the retiring guys. We need scope relief on 100 seaters to grow the airline. Here's a 20% pay increase. Sign off on it or we'll lose market share."

Thoughts?