No joke. I thought the thread was going to be about bid rumors. Instead it was a few crewmembers arguing over the volume of the cans on the aircraft. I bet those guys are a blast at parties.

I heard that the long awaited LM200 Loadmaster bid was finally coming out. And it's massive.

Exactly. Since post #36, it's been all about the damn cans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXRM3lFRwRI

Well...I am sort of geeky...but it does seem to me the amount of freight on certain airframes might have a direct correlation to fleet decisions, which affect future bids.

Go read the 767 HKG bid FCIF and the 75/76 page, and you'll read about how the 76 was going to replace the -11 on the intra-Asia flying. What a few of us are pointing out is...well...that ain't happening.

Where are those -11 coming from that ARE doing the flying? Seems to be LAX and ANC crews doing most of it. To my un-trained eye, that seems to bode well for those bases staying strong or perhaps even growing a bit, or at least the MEM -11 doing more international for a while longer. Perhaps the NRT-SIN will end up being done by a 777 at some point.

But if you would rather just pass on schoolhouse rumors--press. I was just trying to pass on some datapoints from the field. :)

^^Well, that is a more interesting and readable way to pass on the data points. Technical analysis of the specifics of each can, not so much. Most of the audience out here is easily distracted and schoolhouse rumors are far more fun.....wait, look, squirrel!:)

Squirrel?!?!? Where???

Ahhh, nutsssss!

For those with short attention spans, a recap:

Post #2:

A discussion about the viability of the MD ensued.


Go Broncos!






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Did you say you saw a squirrel?

Saw it. Shot it. Tasted like chicken.






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