Originally Posted by
pamann
But what you’ve put above doesn’t make sense? If the retirements were planned 4 or 5 years ago, how can the Max issues which happened this year be the reason the 75’s are still here?
The Max might have slowed down the plans, but it can’t be the ultimate reason for something that happened years before it. Not unless someone had a fully functioning crystal ball.
These were exactly my thoughts, that point makes no sense at all. Yes, they are now looking to extend leases for the purpose of expanding their offering and covering the MAX issues but
AFAIK, the MAX wasn't delayed and entered service when expected (unlike the 787) so clearly there were always going to be 757s left after the MAX arrived.
Perhaps the 'intel' from the employee at BRS was in fact that the 757 was due to be gone from that particular base long ago and this has been misinterpreted somewhere? Seems the only logical explanation.