Jumpseater Rumors
 

From a jumpseat non-pilot employee, dont shoot the messenger...

767 ETOPS highest priority by spring. Expect North Pacific and North Atlantic certifications. ANC-CTS. EWR-STD EWR-CDG. Possible Guam hub for the pacific!!

Then...

777 ETOPS expansion (Russian overland airspace) for more northern routings.

Miami to be a hub for South America. Eyeing Lima, Bogota, Viracopos/Campinas, and Santiago. (777 flying)

Company questioning direct routing business model versus hub and spoke. Searching for city pairs to do direct flights. 777 LAX-CDG and VCP-CDG.

All of this is due to modeling and integrating the TNT system.

Company is trying to acquire more 777s from companies already flying them (not a secret). But company is also offering to purchase other companies’ 777 options.

Interesting times.

Were the bases mia and Guam 767?

It was stressed hubs not bases. Flying in MIA to SA was 777. Pacific hub was 767.

Thats a great rumor, hope it happens sooner rather than later. I need a ride to CTS this winter! JAPOW:D

Unless the source was the same, this jives with what I was told as well. Interesting. I still don't think we will see a bid until Feb/Mar timeframe but this is certainly sounding like some growth opportunities for the airline.

-UA

Rumors are fun. Usually BS, but fun.

If anyone wants to go in a crash pad in Niseko, just let me know :D. If I could bid CTS in the Dec/Jan and Santiago in July/August...oh my. Make layovers great again!

Here's one for you . . . Airbus 330 announcement in November.

I don’t see it. The wingspan is much larger than an MD11 and almost as big as the B777. Every ramp would have to be reconfigured and redesigned. It could be a MD replacement due to similar payloads. However I think the 767 firm orders and ramp space issue means this rumor is just a rumor. My two cents.

My favorite rumor, as told dead-seriously to me a couple months ago by a Captain I flew with, was that FX was going to be the launch customer for Boeing's NMA (757 replacement).