Originally Posted by
sizematters
Korean Air has placed an order for 25 Boeing aircraft, including 10 777-300ERs, five 737s, five 777-200 freighters and five 747-8 freighters, for delivery between 2009 and 2019.........................hot off the press............mmm..............not a lot of airbus in there.......................
Cathay is also leaning heavily towards the 747-8 as they seem to think it will be possible to CCQ this with the 777 and the 787.......................
Your "hot off the press" news is old. They also operate a mixed fleet including McDs, Fokkers, Bs, and As. KE also have A380 pax orders. Like CX, KE have more 330s than 777s.
The term CCQ is Frenglish, i.e. Airbus speak. It does not exist in the B world. I am yet to see a certification basis to say that B will be able to offer this on the types you mention.
For various reasons (e.g. keeping grandfather rights on the 747 TCDS, existing 777 technology, and different 787 control laws) , the fundamental flight control systems on the 787/777/748 are different. The characteristics will be noticeable to the flight crew, and mainly when you want them to be the same, i.e. during abnormal situations.
The 787/777/748 do not share the same flight control design ("laws"), nor will they share the screen formats, overhead panels, flows, checklists, or systems.
Originally Posted by Capt Fathom
Hope someone tells Qantas soon. The runways in Sydney are only 148'.
While they are at it, someone should tell them to employ sizematters as a consultant as the aircraft does not seem to have the range to do LAX-MEL according to him.