Originally Posted by
tdracer
But I think you'll find the 777 makes a pretty good freighter (160 already in-service, with over 50 more on-order). Plus, even though it's been in-service for 24 years, you're not seeing many ending up in the desert. The operators just keep flying them.
yes. The 777 makes a pretty good everything. This was the last Boeing developed before this current regime took over. It was a clean slate design by engineers and limited oversight by accounting. They’re as good as it gets. Ours were pulled off a ramp surrounded by jungle on 2 sides and salt water on the third side and have never left us stranded. We have some of the first build LR’s. Fantastic machines.