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According to the actual deliveries, looks like Boeing will be very near to 20 Max deliveries to United in the first 3 months of 2025. Honestly thats not bad. Pretty well covers all 21 of those 'shocking 1993 built A320 retirements'. On pace to take 30 more A321's in 2025 as well. Carry on with the EICAS/overhead toggle switch discussion.....
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Originally Posted by coast in
(Post 3895830)
According to the actual deliveries, looks like Boeing will be very near to 20 Max deliveries to United in the first 3 months of 2025. Honestly thats not bad. Pretty well covers all 21 of those 'shocking 1993 built A320 retirements'. On pace to take 30 more A321's in 2025 as well. Carry on with the EICAS/overhead toggle switch discussion.....
Agree with you - lots of new planes, good news in general for the airline. |
Originally Posted by khergan
(Post 3895836)
The airbus weirdos will do anything to derail a good conversation.
Agree with you - lots of new planes, good news in general for the airline. These airplanes are being retired. That's what you do when they are worn out junk and you have replaced them with new ones. In this case it's even better since there's more new ones than those being parked. |
Originally Posted by tallpilot
(Post 3895893)
The title of the thread is misleading garbage (as so often happens here). You park airplanes when the economy is in the toilet. Park means long term storage, sometimes they come back when things get better, sometimes they don't.
These airplanes are being retired. That's what you do when they are worn out junk and you have replaced them with new ones. In this case it's even better since there's more new ones than those being parked. |
Originally Posted by Stratoliner
(Post 3895547)
Difference here is that Southwest didn't just want a common type rating... they wanted NO extra training. The 717 and MD-90 fleets at Delta were not a common rating. Heck even the 767 vs 767-400 (common type) aren't operated that way (even though United does). Southwest wanted ZERO differences training to operate them as a common fleet. Back in the day they operated 737 Classics with autothrottle off because the 737-200 didn't have that. Southwest wanted to go from Classic to NG and NG to MAX not only as a common fleet, but without having to have differences training of any significance. I don't think there's a DC-9 operator in the world that ever operated a DC-9, MD-80, MD-90, and/or 717 as a common fleet.
Should have done it right the first time and not let MD accountants ruin the company. Edit: yes the bus IS better, and getting more planes of whatever manufacturer is the best. |
Originally Posted by symbian simian
(Post 3896316)
For sure. I have an FK27 type rating, did all my training/flying in the FK27-MK50 (Fokker 50, pretty much same cockpit as the FK100). Would not be able to even start the engines in a classic 27. Same for DC9/MD80/B717. And that should have applied to the Classic/NG/MAX.
go look up the LR-JET type rating if you want to see a comical amount of planes under one rating. (23/24/25/28/31/35/36/55) |
Originally Posted by JTwift
(Post 3896453)
go look up the LR-JET type rating if you want to see a comical amount of planes under one rating. (23/24/25/28/31/35/36/55)
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Originally Posted by JTwift
(Post 3896453)
go look up the LR-JET type rating if you want to see a comical amount of planes under one rating. (23/24/25/28/31/35/36/55)
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Originally Posted by eglplt
(Post 3896487)
Or the CE500 type!
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Still growing net positive by year end. Anyone see that we just announced resumption of flights to China , 2 from Chicago, one on the 787 and one o 777…wonder if this is grounds for 777 base? I’d think with FRMS for such a route deadheading/overnight in Chicago will be expensive. Thoughts?
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