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Hey, fair point on the technological differences etc, and I'm all for the conventional equipment over the fly by wire anyday, BUT,

if there is substance to your claim, why aren't all the major carriers in the world parking all their 737NG, 747-400s, newer 767s and 777s and instead getting their hands on some crusty 747-300s, since they are after all *SO* nice to travel in?

No disrespect but I think I would rather travel in a Tristar before I travel in a B743, particularly a QF one. Ugh.

It strikes me that your viewpoint may be from an engineering point of view more than overall comfort/product/passenger point of view.... (?)


520.

Ahhh give me classic's anyday..... [I would fly in QF's 747-300's though not at the moment]

Anyone remember flying in AN's 747-300's now they were beautiful aircraft to fly in.....


I remember in an Air Mauritius 767 flying out of Mauritius on empty [For lowerlobe interest I was in the jumpseat]

With the CFM engines, really light - the roar of the engines we just shot up into the sky doing something like 18degree climb....

Skystar320......

Ahhemmm......You were a pilot with Air Mauritius ????????????

Nope / sitting in the jump seat...............

Longest 767 sector was MEL-MRU using ETOPS (obviously) about 14hours from memory.....:bored:


(See...my head is full of useless SHlT like that...):(

thread drift.........

Didnt they also do MRU - PER - MEL until they went direct?

Yes, they did. But the direct was more fun....

Hello Buster. The Rat may give MK a run for its money when it operated Perth-Narita with B767-200's. They did not operate a GC route but a dog leg overhead Bali and Manila. - a tightish operation.

Transition Layer,

What Buster said earlier. :ok: Thanks

Buster,

I think that when the 6 ERs were ordered back in 2000 or early-2001, the idea was to use them for direct DFWs, the idea being to link in with AA's main hub and provide better connections to AA's US network than that available through LAX. I think (though clearly not sure) that there was also some noise about trying direct ORDs for similar reasons.

Gawd bless the planning Dept. eh? Luckily, there's always a use for a 747 with long legs!

I'm sure the people that think up these ideas are generally on the ball, but the ones we had at AN doing the INTL routes had NFI!!! The only, ONLY, INTL route winner all round was the BOC Bali flights, and that was really a glorified Domestic operation. The rest of their planned routes sent us (contributed) to an early grave!:mad: