Originally Posted by
dr dre
75 738s to go over 10 years so an order of 8 XLRs to replace a year’s worth of 738 retirement makes sense, if they’re just ordering a years worth of replacements at a time.
No one would be particularly disappointed, (beyond the usual disheartening sinking feeling of the last 15 years that we’ve all become used to watching Mainline shrink away), had statements along the lines of “we think you pilots will be very happy”, and the talking up of potentially ‘big’ order numbers supposedly directly from upper flight ops, not been made.
It wasn’t just some run of the mill pilot rumor that there’d be a large order inbound. It had reportedly been stated with a considerable confidence only a week or so ago.