Where will ATA planes go??

Polar742 said:
You think they'll keep 2 types of engines, or refit to one type?
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It's cheaper to keep 2, so that's the way they'll go IMO.

Also Delta used to be rabid about having similar engine types, but now with all of the exposure they've had with mixed-engine fleets I think it's much less of an issue.

Again, all my opinion and based on no known facts...


Kevin
 
Interesting. Our muckity-mucks refitted every thing with GE since they thought it was cheaper.

This whole "You can choose your engines" big airplane world is so confusing....

Although I'd trust DAL beancounters over ours....
 
Maximillian_Jenius said:
They can't swap out those GE's on the LR. Boeing only has one engine choice on the LR's that being the big ole GE's!
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Ya learn something new each day...Thanks
 
I think we have what, three or four on the 757/767 fleet. 75's have P&W's, 767's have GE's, P&W's and the "big" P&W or something non-technical like that.
 
heard from a Southwest Captain that they Southwest will get some because ATA used to do some or all of Southwests flights to Hawaii. She was excited because she was going to get to fly to Hawaii.
 
planesiscool said:
heard from a Southwest Captain that they Southwest will get some because ATA used to do some or all of Southwests flights to Hawaii. She was excited because she was going to get to fly to Hawaii.
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I thought ATA only had -800s. It doesn't make sense for SWA to get them because they'd have to crew an extra FA on those aircraft.
 
I saw one of the 757's taxiing out from an FBO in OAK this morning. It's been sitting there since ATA closed it's doors.
 
MD-11Loader said:
No they didn't. We aren't taking the DC-10's because TZ's pilots go with the planes and we have enough to deal with
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We can't crew what we have now, the last thing we need is more DC-10's .
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This is why one company operating multiple "seperate" airlines works out so bad. Here you are in the same post saying you specifically don't want their pilots... and then that you need pilots.
 
ERfly said:
I thought ATA only had -800s. It doesn't make sense for SWA to get them because they'd have to crew an extra FA on those aircraft.
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I THINK ATA had some -500s after the reorganization. Some one smart please help!!
 
On another note...what'll happen to the Skybus Airbus fleet? Being based in CMH, their planes are parked all over several different ramps. What happens in a situation like that? Don't they just go back to the bank and lease them out to someone else, or do they have go wait until the bankruptcy proceedings are through??
 
planesiscool said:
heard from a Southwest Captain that they Southwest will get some because ATA used to do some or all of Southwests flights to Hawaii. She was excited because she was going to get to fly to Hawaii.
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Your "source" seems to forget that since SWA didn't purchase ATA, they can't operate the aircraft to Hawaii because they have no ETOPS certificate, maintenance or training program.

SWA won't be flying to Hawaii any time soon.
 
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