Cathay Pacific Warns It May Have To Park Planes, Cut Flights

[jonathon68]

and scratch most of the expected JFO and Command upgrades on the 777 and 744 as well. I suspect that there will be a lot of 744 pilots downgrading to the big twin shortly.

[MACH.88]

Downgrade?

Is going from the 744 to the 777 a downgrade??

MACH.88

[badairsucker]

I agree mach....not sure why it's a downgrade going form an old aircraft to a modern all singing all dancing aircraft.



Oh, must be a size thing....

[crwjerk]

Oh, must be a size thing....

744...... wingspan 64.4 m, length 70.6m
777-300er...... wingspan 64.8m, length 73.9m
What was that about size champ????

[AvEnthusiast]

but what about the second officer program they have? I thought they are expanding that's why they have announced this program.

[badairsucker]

jerk

Very good!

But size as in SIZE and pax carried due to the UPPER deck etc.

I'm sure some of our old crusty 60+ pilots think its a smaller aircraft.

[duyen]

dont worry cathay boys. The 200+ indian cadets are coming to the rescue.

[raven11]

744...... wingspan 64.4 m, length 70.6m
777-300er...... wingspan 64.8m, length 73.9m
What was that about size champ????

Ignoring the four lovely big engines on the 744...

The 747-8 is a Code F aircraft and has a length of 76m with a wingspan of 68.4m....

[raven11]

But I'd much rather PT on the 777 than the 747-8.....

[The Messiah]

As far as I'm aware the 747-8 is still a Cat D aircraft.

[BusyB]

I'd rather PT in First on a 744 but in business on a 777

[geh065]

Ignoring the four lovely big engines on the 744...

Whats lovely about them? They aren't even very big either.

[raven11]

Messiah

The 747-8 is a Cat D aircraft as far as its approach category is concerned (based on approach speed) but it's a Code F (like the A380) aircraft with respect to airport taxi way limitations.

The 777 is a Code E....because of its a smaller size.

[F_one]

The 747-8 is a Code F aircraft

And there I was thinking "F" is freighter

[jed_thrust]

the four lovely big engines on the 744...

Aren't they the second smallest engines CX have??


And when the 340 goes... ... ...

[camel]

aha ..so size does matter after all ?lol