jetlink

New CFM engines are just a bit larger in diameter and will be placed slightly forward and up on the pylon; some of our new 900ER have similarly attached engines, (look for differences in engine nacelle attachment between 700 and 900ER - ER nacelle is a bit higher and more forward)
"New" wing will be just slightly more curved up and equipped with Scimitar type winglet for efficiency.
Flight deck will be the same POS uncomfortable 1950s style, with the same overhead panel and central pedestal with a difference of 4 (B787 OLED displays) for "dramatic" style improvement, Boeing claims lower weight and cost for MX and system software upgrades.
The same overhead switch b!tch panel, and even the existing "high-tech" incandescent lightbulb equipped RECALL panels, and YES, your lovely cruise ship style f...ing trim wheel.
Overall, B737Max will be the same POS B737 since 1950s with improvements in range and efficiency between 5-8% (Boeing claims 13% lower fuel and carbon emissions then 737NG, 8% lower fuel cost over NG, and 99.7% reliability), achieved largely due to more efficient engines and wingtip. Bottom line same parts, type, and extra fuel savings = profits, and I think thats the most important in this business - stay profitable.
Personally, I don't like this plane, mainly do to lack of creature comfort on the flight deck and yes in the back for pax. It's noisy, and small; system automation and Central Crew information does not exist here, those Glass panels are nice but have nothing to do with modern EFIS, IECAS, ECAM, etc. The RECALL panel in B737 is a f.... joke, especially that at the time of RECALL half of them don't light up anyway.
I have flown A320s fifes and believe they are much better product in terms of comfort for both pilots and PAX, the extra 7.5 inches in width are significant, flight deck ECAM is nice especially for system troubleshooting, and yes I'm missing my retractable table for crew meals.
Boeing could have done the same with B757 and call it NG and that would have been a better deal, but nobody have asked me (see Islandair and FedEx B757 retrofitted with glass panels below B737Max pics)
However, at the end it's all about this airline competitiveness and profits, my paycheck and longevity of employment, and I don't give a rat's a$$ which plane do they buy to achieve it as long as they keep coming and we are keep hiring.

Knotcher

Hey, at least they got rid of the "OFF" landing gear position!

intrepidcv11

I fully agree the super guppy cannot replace the 757 on Hawaii and not do damage. But an awful lot of the old 757 UAL flying was in the 2-5 hour time range. The 900ER will very rarely run into weight restriction issues in that role.

catIIIc

I have never been weight restricted on the 757-300 out of OGG.

cadetdrivr

I agree---generally speaking. 2-4 hour flights seem perfect for the 900ER with the exception of the previously mentioned ice problem. No modern aircraft of this capacity should be weight restricted on a two hour flight (like ORD-DEN) in the winter.

The 737 is an efficient machine for its intended purpose....I'm just disappointed to see UCH trying to use it on missions where its Achilles' heel is directly exposed.

Airhoss

Intrepid, ^^^^^.

Nothing could be further from the truth. I fully understand that the 737 is the future and I accept it. But that in no way diminishes the fact that the 737-900 is a HUGE step backwards and an under capable POS. Fact is a fact, and Boeing has simply tried to wring to much from this tired old design.

Minimums

From a per performance stand point, which is the better performer between the A321(IAE) and the 737-900?

oldmako

Hoss,

You're wasting your breath.

The company should be using all those new (ancient, uncomfortable both in the cabin and cockpit) guppies to reclaim flying ceded to Express and keeping the ancient, inefficient and uncomfortable (in the back) yet supremely capable 757's for the city pairs which demand the Testarossa.

These guys have squandered a fantastic opportunity to go head to head with DAL by scrapping RJs and moving mainline aircraft back into markets shat upon in the past. I'm so jaded, I expect more of the same.

More malbec.

Toddnel

The bus is the better performer but is more expensive to operate which kind of makes sense.

oldmako

Perhaps more emphasis needs to be placed on revenue and less on cheap pizza? DAL earned 4 bucks for every ONE we earned last year. Are their costs astronomically less than ours? Nah.

Cheap pizza sucks. I ate Little Caesars ONCE.

Does anyone have any idea of what the monthly lease payment is on a brand new 737 verses the payment on a 757 that UAL has had on the books for the last twenty years?