787nightmare
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- Aug 28, 2010
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Another new 737 headed your way boys...3GP.
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2 friends got back from initial purser training about a week ago. Different departments came in to speak with the purser class. They were told we'd be acquiring 15 JAL 777s. That's their plan. Things could change. I disctinctly remember them telling us a few years ago at the JFK purser conference we'd be getting Nice, Dusseldorf, Munich and a few other flights out of JFK and we still haven't seen any of them. We'll see where this goes but the rumors were confirmed from the mouth of headquarters' management.
The 777 is way too heavy for flghts such as to the Caribbean. Even if cargo is valuable, you must have viable passenger revenue and yields in the Caribbean continue to decline which is why AA is one of the fastest shrinking airlines in the Caribbean.JAL has a total of 15 A-market PW-powered 777s (not ERs) which it will be phasing out with the reductions in domestic flights; I have long posted that used A-market 777s would be perfect replacements for the AB6 fleet. Plenty of cargo capacity and plenty of passenger seats for those dense, short-range flights. Perhaps AA is thinking of acquiring those -200s for the cargo-heavy Caribbean routes now flown by 763s which could be put to much better use on premium-heavy long-haul routes. 763s can easily fly West coast to Japan or Europe. And the 777s can hold far more containers than the cargo-capacity-challenged 763s.
There's still zero chance that JAL will dispose of any of its 777-300ERs - those planes are replacing JAL's 744s as that fleet will soon be retired in its entirety. JAL does have seven A-market 777-300s, but those are so much larger than the AB6s that it wouldn't make sense to add them. 777-300s are essentially two-engine 747s in size and capacity.
And you'd be amazed how many differences there are in the gear and avionics. The GE is a piece of cake and the reversers are pretty much the same.For all intents and purposes, the -300 will be a new fleet type. I'd imagine there's >80% parts commonality, but it's the engines and differences in avionics that really screws things up...
Just flew with a captain thatsaid the company recalled a whole bunch of 777 instructors and check airman. He feels that a major announcement is coming in the next couple of months.
Ok no more rumor from pilots and flight attendants. Lol
If only a rumour, the 777s would make sense. I cannot see the 747s entering the fray. Back to 4 engines, training, tooling, parts, etc....doesn't make sense unless BA operates them.
Just flew with a captain thatsaid the company recalled a whole bunch of 777 instructors and check airman. He feels that a major announcement is coming in the next couple of months.