MAX mitigation?
07-20-2019 | 02:01 PM
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That seems like three steps down the road....if it were true.
So your contention is that SWA has already decided they are buying Frontier, negotiated with Boeing and UAL to sell off 700's, and somehow the only news that is publicly acknowledged is UAL agreeing to buy some used 700's?
So your contention is that SWA has already decided they are buying Frontier, negotiated with Boeing and UAL to sell off 700's, and somehow the only news that is publicly acknowledged is UAL agreeing to buy some used 700's?
Three US carriers were affected by the MAX groundings. American is already receiving used Airbus that were previous Frontier aircraft as new planes arrive for Frontier.
If United were to get used -700s from SWA, their exposure to the MAX grounding is mitigated.
If SWA purchases Frontier, they immediately have an Airbus program with trained crew members and roughly 90 existing aircraft, with that number to over double within the next 5 years. Their exposure to the MAX grounding is mitigated and they eliminate one of their ULCC threats, as well as a Denver battleground contender.
It might would be a Win-Win-Win for all 3 US airlines affected by the MAX grounding (except Frontier of course).
07-20-2019 | 11:53 PM
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ya got me there, I had forgotten about the 727's... Hope pulling a search on airliners.net wasn't too much of an effort.
07-21-2019 | 04:12 AM
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07-21-2019 | 07:45 AM
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I'm absolutely sure there many. But form what my friends tell me, any future Airbus training program will pretend those guys don't exist and be will be written by 3 F-15 IPs who have never flown the Bus.
07-21-2019 | 08:30 AM
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07-21-2019 | 08:46 AM
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07-21-2019 | 08:49 AM
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We will only buy the Airbus if they will install a button that with one touch will bring the powered pilot seats all the way up and the rudder pedals all the way forward. This will save some of our co-workers time when leaving the aircraft.
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