767-400 777 Pratt. Rumors
03-27-2021, 11:14 AM
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03-30-2021, 09:40 AM
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Now that the 764 rumors have come true, does anyone know what’s going on with the 777 Pratt birds? According to my bud on the 777 he will be on reserve from a solid line holder for most of the summer in Newark. Nor sure if they are going to inspect all blades or replace them?
Who’s paying for all this? Shouldn’t Pratt and Whitney since it was their engine?
Who’s paying for all this? Shouldn’t Pratt and Whitney since it was their engine?
03-30-2021, 12:31 PM
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Now that the 764 rumors have come true, does anyone know what’s going on with the 777 Pratt birds? According to my bud on the 777 he will be on reserve from a solid line holder for most of the summer in Newark. Nor sure if they are going to inspect all blades or replace them?
Who’s paying for all this? Shouldn’t Pratt and Whitney since it was their engine?
Who’s paying for all this? Shouldn’t Pratt and Whitney since it was their engine?
03-30-2021, 04:05 PM
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Rumor from an excellent and well placed poster over at Airliners.net is that some more cracked fan blades have already been found on the P&W engines. If true, it does not bode well for our oldest 777s. Perhaps P&W will have to help us out finding a good deal on replacement lift pronto.
03-30-2021, 06:13 PM
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Rumor from an excellent and well placed poster over at Airliners.net is that some more cracked fan blades have already been found on the P&W engines. If true, it does not bode well for our oldest 777s. Perhaps P&W will have to help us out finding a good deal on replacement lift pronto.
03-30-2021, 06:16 PM
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03-30-2021, 06:32 PM
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It is really, really tough for me as a pilot to say this on a public forum.... I don’t know ;-). I too have read elsewhere that the pylon on the 777 is specific to the engine, so more than just an engine to swap. Maybe some other carriers have already retired some P&W frames of a similar vintage that we could get blades from to tide us over a few more years. I’ve been thinking of bidding 777 but this may make more vacancies hard to come by.
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