Originally Posted by Knotcher (Post 2627614)

Not sure what legacy or work rules have anything to do with this thread??


However sounds like you may be the guy that joins in on the LCAL bad mouthing...

Originally Posted by Zenofzin (Post 2627312)

Sigh I’ll never be a real UAL pilot until I can hate the “Guppy”. You know the leaving hundreds of passengers behind, not being able to climb over FL250 and landing at 200kts and using 12000 feet of runway kinda crowd.

Originally Posted by Boeing Aviator (Post 2627621)

Thinking the 737 is a POS isn’t CAL bashing and reporting of having lived through 23 years terrible CAL management, especially Flight Ops, with terrible working conditions compared to today, is just telling the truth. Everybody raves about Gordo yet he allowed Debby McCoy and Fred Abbott to flourish during his regime.

Like I said it’s time to move on as a unified single pilot group. Enough said.

Originally Posted by Dave Fitzgerald (Post 2625309)

Seems no t many have been paying attention to the structural studies Boeing has been doing.



Based on a carbon structure, you don't need a circular fuselage crossection any more. There are huge structural benefits to vary the crossection. The studies have focused on a dual aisle, double bubble. But Boeing has been concerned with customer acceptance because not many will have a window.



Structure, weight, volumetric efficiency, all argue a non-traditional fuselage. I'm betting the double bubble makes the grade. Last year, Aviation Week had some pretty good articles. That kind of fuselage also allows the use of existing gate space. Lots of reasons to do it. Not many to stick with the traditional dual aisle.