pilotc90a

He later said that was in error, and a correction will be out soon.

sailingfun

I believe during that 12 hours you are obligated to return a call from the company at some point. That breaks your rest.

sailingfun

My understanding is they have no plans for any additional narrow body jets at this point. Comments about a 130 seat jet are for after the 2020 timeframe.

Bucking Bar

The A319 and 737-700 are smaller versions of much larger designs and structurally, they carry the weight and shape of every part that does not get scaled down. They are also designs with roots in the 1960's.

The C-Series brings to the table new structures, wing, tail and engine technologies. It is thus far very expensive and Bombarider is doing little in the way of incentives to get it sold.

Boeing and Airbus have amortized the cost of A320 and 737 development. Their factories are uber-efficient. They've been beating Bombardier on price and service. Also, the 737 is very inexpensive to maintain from a spares and rotables perspective.

The MD88, for all the crap I throw at it, is a remarkably efficient airplane. It's probably holds it's own against a new'ish 737 on routes less than 2 hours in duration.

IMHO, the airplane that is uncomfortably above the curve is the 717. There might be enough of a savings there to cover the C Series purchase price ... .

My guess, eventually, 787-900 and CS-300. Richard Anderson (and his team) are smart to want the stretched version (not the double shrink). But, he has no reason to get in any hurry. The MD88's doing fine and the 717 fills the gap. He wants to see someone else take on the risk of launching the new Bombardier type.

Of course, if Bombardier takes RJ's in trade for big discounts .... anything could happen.

sailingfun

Good numbers however the number you actually need to make a valid comparison is total system block hours when talking jobs. So using the above numbers where is the massive job loss from the contract the forum speaks so much about?
I believe the actual block hours are up about 2 percent which should equal about 100 captains. The union put out that the contract changes would cause a net loss of 100 to 150 jobs or 50 to 75 captains. That number was stated here over and over again as total BS. Some said we lost thousands of jobs. The terms massive and huge job losses were posted over and over again. We should still be furloughing if that was true.

Bucking Bar

Catch up later .....

forgot to bid

Gotcha. That makes sense. At that point the 88s would be 30 years old, a replacement would be needed unless we find some used cheap stuff....

sailingfun

More data out on the USAIR accident in Philly. May be some interesting lessons learned on the Airbus flight control logic. Close up pics I saw showed both engines destroyed with nacelles ground down to the engines. Nose gear destroyed and fuselage wrinkled. Severe tail strike on aft fuselage. Looks like aircraft is a strike. Must have been a wild ride to get the nose gear, tail and both engines with the main gear remaining intact.

Pro Fessional

No, I do not. It is a ridiculous statement.

sailingfun

I have heard there are some rehabbed Fokker 100's that will be available!