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I’m not a Guppy fan and I drive it daily, but I think your numbers are a little off. From what I’ve found it’s more like 60/40 in favor of the Bus.
Could you provide a link to support 5 to 1. Just so I can see it for myself.
Could you provide a link to support 5 to 1. Just so I can see it for myself.
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Maybe from a pilot's perspective, but it's the most successful design in history in terms of sales and longevity by a long shot. Those days might, or might not be coming to an end, but I'd wait before dropping it in the clay. We'll revisit in a decade, but even if I make it to retirement, it'll have a much longer career than mine. There aren't too many designs in history that can be said about.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comp...bus_and_Boeing
Shows a much different picture. 320 family has about 300 more orders than the 737 family for 2017. They both delivered roughly the same number of aircraft in 2017.
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Some flights on it last week. I thought it would be quieter than it was. I’d say it was no quieter than the quietest 737 on the property. Still used the headset. Radar display is cool (is “cool” a word anymore?). It had symbols inside the cells showing thunder or hail etc. When they say engine has to spin up to 90 seconds before introducing fuel they mean it. Took the full 90 seconds. Also don’t put generator online until the red tic mark disappears. That takes longer too. As more come on line I suspect ramp may start asking why the delay.
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Some flights on it last week. I thought it would be quieter than it was. I’d say it was no quieter than the quietest 737 on the property. Still used the headset. Radar display is cool (is “cool” a word anymore?). It had symbols inside the cells showing thunder or hail etc. When they say engine has to spin up to 90 seconds before introducing fuel they mean it. Took the full 90 seconds. Also don’t put generator online until the red tic mark disappears. That takes longer too. As more come on line I suspect ramp may start asking why the delay.
Heard ramp ask for SWA in FLL when they first got it on the line. “Southwest you ready to go yet???”
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