As one West Jetter said to me, "A 757 will take a lot of the pucker factor out of the last 100 miles on HNL flights",{ He was then grabbed and given a large Kool Aid by management to correct his attitude. }
What a load of unqualified crap. Do you have any idea of the fuel requirements for ETOPS flight in a B737?? There are absolutely no such fuel concerns on any B737 flights to HNL or OGG from either Canada of the mainland US. The only reason for tech stops on these flights during rare occasions of pineapple express winds are the additional diversion fuel requirements at CP. Under normal circumstances we will land in the islands with approximately 2 hours of fuel on board. Which under any circumstances is a respectable amount.