Copying United
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Cptnchia
Dissatisfied Customer
Sure, and it will work for us too with 737s. We just could make that much more $$ than you with 757s. Why be like United when you can be better? Like Delta!
Screaming_Emu
Well-Known Member
If any of you guys need a ride we could remove the wings and pack everything inside one of our jets and drop you off on the way to somewhere 3 times as far.
H46Bubba
Well-Known Member
An eventually the A321as well.
Dan208B
Well-Known Member
Unfortunately if we have to use -900ERs in the winter we end up leaving people if it's windy.
wheelsup
Well-Known Member
Why is it such a big deal to take a narrow body there? The flight time from the west coast to Hawaii is the same from the east coast to the west coast, and we do it every day filled to the brim with 180+ pax on our 321's. In fact our PHL-SFO flight is scheduled around 6:15 in the winter time, from LAX-HNL it's around 6:00.
Last night we had an alternate, 190 pax (4 infants) an additional 300 mile routing extension to go way north above this horrific Jetstream, and still had 3000 lbs of fuel we could've added, and landed with 11.0 which was ~4.5 more than we needed. Said another way, we could've added over and extra hour of flying time if needed even with the alternate.
Passenger comfort wise the Airbus A321 > Boeing 737 by a decent margin, IMO.
Last night we had an alternate, 190 pax (4 infants) an additional 300 mile routing extension to go way north above this horrific Jetstream, and still had 3000 lbs of fuel we could've added, and landed with 11.0 which was ~4.5 more than we needed. Said another way, we could've added over and extra hour of flying time if needed even with the alternate.
Passenger comfort wise the Airbus A321 > Boeing 737 by a decent margin, IMO.
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ComplexHiAv8r
Well-Known Member
Then what is DL going to use the 757 for?
Ahh, that explains the CPDLC.
Damn man, even I felt that one! GET IN THAT ASS!
Seggy
Well-Known Member
I didn't know we had a network planner on here!
Kingairer
'Tiger Team' Member
The occasional tech stop could get tricky mid way to Hawaii.
BobDDuck
Island Bus Driver
Maybe Delta should have bought an old aircraft carrier instead of an oil refinery.
Nick
Well-Known Member
The USS Saratoga was parked outside the ATL maintenance hangars last week.
Discuss...
Dan208B
Well-Known Member
Fuel requirements for island alternates and ETOPS fuel requirements are a lot different than flying JFK-LAX so you end up needing quite a bit more. Changes the dynamic a lot.
