I thought it was interesting post, but my take away was for some reason you can buy MD-11s and parts really cheap.

The AADs fit the bus well. Appears to me, wag, we're carrying allot more pounds with the new cans. More cube available.

Maybe I've got this wrong but isn't it better for us (pilots not the company) to fly a smaller airplane as long as it still pays the same? What I'm getting at is we can still keep the pay rate but continue flying into airports that may not make sense for a bigger airplane. Similar reasoning made me glad we didn't take the A380. It takes more 777's to do the same job as 380's (although we would have had a higher pay rate for the 380).

I think that the company is positioning for flat or declining express volumes and doesn't think it needs the capacity of the bigger airframes anymore.

AMJ - 590 cubic feet
AAD - 502 cubic feet


That's less, not more, which was my point.






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My thoughts exactly . That is that it takes more 767's to haul the freight that a smaller number of MD-11's or 777's can haul . They all pay the same . Range is another matter.

Landing slots is another matter...


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The amj doesn't fit the bus correctly. I don't have the load chart in front of me but I think you get almost two AADs for every one AMJ. Wasn't trying to challenge anybody just adding to the conversation. Next time I'm at work I'll check the charts glued to the interior by the door and correct myself if needed.

As far as the MOAB, apparently we are getting 5 more 777's coming to the line this year (2 or 3 of those coming from TNT). Other than that, I have not heard a peep about TNT...

It will be interesting to see if the buyers of TNT's airline will keep the 777's or if we will bring them over to our side. The buyer when UPS was involved was ASL Airlines. They have ops in Ireland, France, Switzerland, and Hungary according to their website. They fly aircraft as big as the A300. I'm based over here in Europe and nobody knows nuttin over here, I've asked around as much as I can.
I do know that the TNT guys are worried about their futures (rightly so). Hopefully we will see some growth and there will be enough flying for everyone, who know?
I believe that they also use some contract flying in addition to their 737's, 747's, 777's and a few remaining BAE 146's (with PanAir).

Wonder if FedEx is going to try to wet lease from whomever buys TNT airlines. Just a random thought. A lot of wet leasing going on, here, more to come?