Originally Posted by
KenV
Really? They did it on purpose to "gain an advantage" with 66 out of over 700 of their aircraft and then suddenly changed their mind and grounded those aircraft? Excuse me if I sound a bit incredulous.
It was just a thought about the ex-AirTran aircraft....
I think the discussion about the Irish VLCC was something along the lines of as long as they were flying comparatively shorter stage lengths and so were rarely carrying full fuel then it could be that the aircraft never departed at the manufacturer's MTOW....Or something like that....
But as I said, just a thought...
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