. I do agree with you that the SCL and JNB flights are not best suited to the 787 and I think you will be proven right that the 744 will be here longer than announced
I don’t posses any performance charts / iPad app for the 787, but if anyone does, can it lift 236 bums plus crew and a maybe a bit of freight, fuel for a 11.5 odd hr sector (plus reserves obviously, and let’s add in 60 hold in sydney just because), out of JNB on a 35 degree evening with a light variable breeze ( say, 5 up the tail)?
Same out of SCL with relevant sector length considered?