Originally Posted by
bentbanana
Hi there sorry to reopen this thread, are there any BA ex 757 drivers/engineers out there?
I would like to ask a question - the a/c with reg G-BMRA-RJ - were any of them delivered with RB211-535-E4 engines and later refitted with 535-C?
If that is the case - can anybody give a reason why?
(theres a few pints resting on the answer!!)
Many thanks if anybody can shine some light on this!
None of those early fleet 757's of BA's you mention were re-engined - nor were the few that AE obtained under a -236 BA order
why? not sure but I guess they were not required on the longer routes which eventually saw the E4 a/c used (LCA IST TLV ATH for example)
many went to DHL who did not re-engine them
Monarch re-engined their first few - with G-MONE IIRC arriving first with E4's