Capn Bloggs
Don’t despair, hopefully you wont get a go on "the lemon".
It will be a great shame to see the end of production of this fantastic machine. Not many jets around that are as superb to fly.
At the Long Beach plant they all know the real reason Boeing are canning the 71. All they had to do was to build a few variants i.e. 100, 140 & 180 seaters, and they would have had a hot seller on their hands. Ask the Boeing guys what they really think of the 71 flight deck and the great work that was put in by Honeywell R&D and MD and a lot will admit......best package hands down. Despite being the choice of airframe for countless operators over the last four decades, without stretch variants and no extra tanks, Boeing has made this aircraft very unattractive indeed. Not at all the aircrafts fault, it’s just too bad it’s cheaper to buy and operate than the B737.
Of course Boeing are now losing out as a lot of the DC/MD operators are opting for airbus!! Good move guys
