Itchybum,
Good points indeed.
"To the seasoned veterans ridiculing the hapless journo imbeciles:......."
However I find it interesting coming from you, as I'll remind you of an earlier post of yours on a thread about ultra long haul flights -
"quote:
the launch of the 777/200 Long Range aircraft, which the company says will be capable of flying 16,500 kilometres, or for 19 hours.
I think they mean the B777-300 EXTENDED RANGE "
And my reply to you was -
" No, they meant what they said.
The 777-200LR ( not the ER currently in service ) will have a range of just under 17000km ( 9100nm ), and the 777-300ER will have a range of 13,700km ( 7400nm ) according to Boeing.
Maybe the press are not always as dumb as you like to think."