Would make sense to split it. Plus AS already flies the 900 so we can get all of our manuals from them once we buy em

I keed I keed.

Hmmmmm interesting. 737-900"ER" has a range (per BA website) of 3265NM. The 737-800 has a range of 3115NM.. ER??? Really? But it would carry 18 more people those additional 150 miles so we would have THAT going for us...

I'm still hoping it was a planed leak to get the price down on some new airbus Neos, and that we will never see any 737-900s.

Awesome! I was getting worried about going to a new category, now I'll feel a little bit more comfortable in a transition.

That is some funny stuff Bar.

The MD90 engines have more thrust than the engines on the 737-900ER - that should tell you something right there.

My wife used to be an ops agent for Alaska Airlines. She was responsible for load planning and weight and balance - she hated the 900. The CG envelope was so narrow at max weights, moving one bag from the front pit to the back pit could move the CG from outside the forward limit to outside the aft limit. Great

That was with the original 900 though, hopefully the ER version is better.

^^^^ And there ya go. ^^^^

I've never heard anyone happy with that jet.

Unless they order a 2L door and make it 2x3 seating. So really its a MD88 replacement. Then maybe... but they won't.

I find it hard to believe we'd order 100 737-900s right now.

Its not a good long-term plan, and that's a lot of money tied up in replacing an existing capability. Even worse would be a committal to buy the 737-9 with the LEAP-X engines.
It's possible DAL is using the 787 penalty to get these jets for a song, right at a time when Boeing need orders for its cash cow that's about to run dry...

Airbus vs Boeing is as childish as Ford vs Chevy does it really make a difference?
Now if we're talking MB vs BMW, now you're talking

Cheers
George

Really?

Why hasn't the company asked already if it's that easy?

It would be so easy to pay DAL pilots less than any other legacy or LCC if that was the case!

You mean the company that asked DALPA to staff jets with 2CA's and 2 FO's on 12+ hr flights instead of the 1CA and 3FO's like NW had?

There's plenty more but I'll just pretend like you were kidding.

Frankly, I would be surprised if we announced right now. I figured we would wait until after the late summer holiday weekend......

It could be a planned leak to "urge" the Airbus folks to get a better offer. None of the Bloomberg article is fact, it is just speculation......

It might not be as bad with a 757 nose/cockpit assembly on the front....anything to try and get that cockpit quieter!