Things on here are getting blown out of proportion a little!! I've been on the 7/8/9 since we've flown them. Also the 200/300 when we had them. A plane is a plane some are just more challangening than others in certain situations!! The 8/9 is one of those planes!! I've NEVER been weight restricted except SNA and I think that has more to do with airport than airplane! Last time load planning wanted to wt restrict me was in Den w/snowstorm. They put me on 34r with a r/w restriction. Said it was contaminated (it wasn't even close) I asked load planner (in ord) to run #'s on 34L (much longer) no contam. had no idea what I was talking about. I asked for supervisor and came up w/20000lbs more. I think our BIG problem is we have many in load planning that are NEW since the experienced ones didn't want to make move from IAH to ORD. Also, many new pilots that were never FE's running #'s thinking about ways to make weights work. (I was in Den once on the 727 running #'s as engineer and we switched r/w 3 times do to heat/wind/alt!) I think it's a skill that's lost with advent of computer! Also, with the stalls, if your at the top of your limits in wave or storm topping there are other issues and it's not with the plane!! Go lower or go around, not that hard!!!

 

Yes the 900 (especially non ER) can be a pig at times but I have never left behind 30 or 40 peeps. Worst case was 25 going to DEN for ice penalty, which was the only weight restriction I can remember in the past year. To construe it as hundreds of flights every day leaving with 40 open seats is flat wrong.

On a whole the airplane makes money, and yes it burns a lot less gas than the 757. The 757 has a lot more capability than the 900, but that capability is not needed on 95% of the missions the 900 flies.

 

Didn't mean to construe that. Only that it gets weight limited a heck of a lot more than 757 ever would. How does the 900 do on say, DEN to HNL?

 

Does it do that leg? Does it do Newark to Hong Kong? Who cares what it doesn't do?

 

You think you know more than a pilot who hates "super-guppies" and has never flown it?

 

Thanks for answering my question.

What airplane is going to do those stage lengths after the 757-200 is gone? How about Jackson Hole? How about DEN LGA on a hot summer day? I've never flown a 900 so I am just asking what the thing is capable of.

Nothing personal against your handicapable baby airplane there otto. Just thinking out loud. Thinking and coming up with a good solution is something our bean counters don't seem to be very capable of.

 

Airbus is putting a new wing and engines on the 321 with sharklets. On paper it can do PHX to HNL.

 

FWIW, isn't Boeing essentially trying to do the same thing with the 737 MAX, an aircraft that UAL has ordered?

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it a crash of CAL 757 that lead to the change in 75 trim positions? What kind of a culture allows this type of mistake to be repeated over and over????????? If this is true somebody needs to call the NYTimes or WSJ or CNN or somebody. We need to bring this to an end as quickly as possible. It's bad for everyone.

 

You are taking an untrue statement (1 stall per month) and reinforcing it with a fictitious accident. Please stop painting YOUR airline in such a negative light on a public board.