Used Airbii ??
10-21-2015, 06:41 PM
#172
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Position: 757/767 First Officer
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a "new airbus captain" ??? omg you flew with yoda, yahweh, dali lama??
he must have had other good nuggets? will Derrick Rose be healthy all season? Will Manning retire? will fuel prices stay low? will Denver get widebody international flying? will I get laid on my San Diego layover? do I need hold fuel for SFO IAH next week? come on man. you flew with a new airbus captain !!! share some insights !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
he must have had other good nuggets? will Derrick Rose be healthy all season? Will Manning retire? will fuel prices stay low? will Denver get widebody international flying? will I get laid on my San Diego layover? do I need hold fuel for SFO IAH next week? come on man. you flew with a new airbus captain !!! share some insights !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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10-21-2015, 07:05 PM
#173
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Flying with a new Bus captain who just finished training. Here's the skinny he got straight from the route planning honcho & system chief pilot:
- Continental management made a lot of decisions that didn't make sense (i.e. preferring the Guppy over the Bus without having factual information to support view); company is beginning to unwind some of these bad decisions
- Continental didn't like the Airbus, hence its placement as a super RJ in the route system; suggested this will change (specifically mentioned Bogota Guppy limitations that don't apply to Airbii)
- Company is not happy with the 787. When it works, it's a rockstar; when it's not ready to fly, we're getting hammered on cancellations.
- Despite its limitations, the company is getting Guppies so cheap they can't afford not to take them
- Net gain of 100 mainline aircraft; used Spirit Airbii are in the mix along with the Chinese & maybe Turkish Airlines Airbii as well
- Continental management made a lot of decisions that didn't make sense (i.e. preferring the Guppy over the Bus without having factual information to support view); company is beginning to unwind some of these bad decisions
- Continental didn't like the Airbus, hence its placement as a super RJ in the route system; suggested this will change (specifically mentioned Bogota Guppy limitations that don't apply to Airbii)
- Company is not happy with the 787. When it works, it's a rockstar; when it's not ready to fly, we're getting hammered on cancellations.
- Despite its limitations, the company is getting Guppies so cheap they can't afford not to take them
- Net gain of 100 mainline aircraft; used Spirit Airbii are in the mix along with the Chinese & maybe Turkish Airlines Airbii as well
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