A350-1000 and other Fleet News
11-07-2023, 03:53 PM
#1471
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Joined APC: Dec 2009
Position: 350A
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We did not get the humidifiers, because apparently they really don’t make that much difference. The air cycle machines on the plane are redesigned to preserve some humidity and the lower altitude of the cabin helps with the humidity issue as well. Everybody comments that your skin does not dry out nearly as much as it did on the whale and 777.
If you know cars, you can think of the jets this way:
Whale= like a Chevelle SS, bad to the bone. Burns a lot of fuel though. Gets attention.
777= like a Lexus, great design and detail but lacking a bit of excitement. Slightly dated in 2023.
350= like a Tesla S or X: Fast, different, efficient, but has its detractors.
If you know cars, you can think of the jets this way:
Whale= like a Chevelle SS, bad to the bone. Burns a lot of fuel though. Gets attention.
777= like a Lexus, great design and detail but lacking a bit of excitement. Slightly dated in 2023.
350= like a Tesla S or X: Fast, different, efficient, but has its detractors.
11-07-2023, 05:27 PM
#1473
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Joined APC: Apr 2007
Posts: 4,614
We did not get the humidifiers, because apparently they really don’t make that much difference. The air cycle machines on the plane are redesigned to preserve some humidity and the lower altitude of the cabin helps with the humidity issue as well. Everybody comments that your skin does not dry out nearly as much as it did on the whale and 777.
If you know cars, you can think of the jets this way:
Whale= like a Chevelle SS, bad to the bone. Burns a lot of fuel though. Gets attention.
777= like a Lexus, great design and detail but lacking a bit of excitement. Slightly dated in 2023.
350= like a Tesla S or X: Fast, different, efficient, but has its detractors.
If you know cars, you can think of the jets this way:
Whale= like a Chevelle SS, bad to the bone. Burns a lot of fuel though. Gets attention.
777= like a Lexus, great design and detail but lacking a bit of excitement. Slightly dated in 2023.
350= like a Tesla S or X: Fast, different, efficient, but has its detractors.
11-07-2023, 05:55 PM
#1474
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Joined APC: Mar 2006
Position: 330 B
Posts: 1,622
11-07-2023, 06:01 PM
#1475
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Joined APC: Mar 2006
Position: 330 B
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The last I heard at previous base visits was them still waffling back and forth between the 339 or 359 for SLC. I get the impression that they really don't want to base the 350 there, but unless they can get authorization for packs off T/O, the 339 just won't have the performance to be profitable out of there; especially in the summer.
11-08-2023, 02:54 AM
#1477
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Joined APC: Dec 2009
Position: 350A
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11-08-2023, 04:26 AM
#1478
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Position: 330 B
Posts: 1,622
GH already moved his; thats how this whole "rumor" started. Between this order and the BOS pilot base Im no longer a believer of anything until it becomes a reality. Lesson learned.
11-08-2023, 07:15 AM
#1479
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Joined APC: Feb 2015
Position: LAX ER
Posts: 1,606
They already sent an entire email with a bunch of colorful graphs about why there won’t be a Boston base but yet people still talk about that rumor lol
11-08-2023, 07:21 AM
#1480
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Joined APC: Mar 2011
Position: Scratching my head in the right seat of a Douglas product
Posts: 239
The last I heard at previous base visits was them still waffling back and forth between the 339 or 359 for SLC. I get the impression that they really don't want to base the 350 there, but unless they can get authorization for packs off T/O, the 339 just won't have the performance to be profitable out of there; especially in the summer.
