It's official...Boeing to end B757 line
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Very sad to see the 757 winding down, though not as sad I guess as the final demise of Concorde- a truly magnificent machine. At least the 757 will be around for many years yet.
In my 19,000+ hours I've flown Boeings, Scarebuses and Douglas, with three airlines.
The Boeing is the Mercedes or BMW or Rolls Royce of aircraft, the McDouglas is the Ford, and the Bus is the .... cheap and light. I've seen the worst and most threatening problems on Airbus- way way more than the other two. (Our engineering people tell me they're actually very expensive on parts, just as they have told me about design compromises that Boeing simply would not make...)
Boeing wins hands down on quality, and by a substantial margain.
(No I'm not American- not even a little bit.)
In my 19,000+ hours I've flown Boeings, Scarebuses and Douglas, with three airlines.
The Boeing is the Mercedes or BMW or Rolls Royce of aircraft, the McDouglas is the Ford, and the Bus is the .... cheap and light. I've seen the worst and most threatening problems on Airbus- way way more than the other two. (Our engineering people tell me they're actually very expensive on parts, just as they have told me about design compromises that Boeing simply would not make...)
Boeing wins hands down on quality, and by a substantial margain.
(No I'm not American- not even a little bit.)
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As a friend of mine once commented as we taxied into the hammerhead where a shiny new 757 was awaiting clearance for takeoff:
"She's like a skinny girl with big tits...what's not to like?"
As for the Cali incident, answer me this: Where is the airmanship in asking for a shortcut direct when the route of flight leads you down one of the deepest valleys in the world surrounded by some of the highest terrain?
PT
"She's like a skinny girl with big tits...what's not to like?"
As for the Cali incident, answer me this: Where is the airmanship in asking for a shortcut direct when the route of flight leads you down one of the deepest valleys in the world surrounded by some of the highest terrain?
PT
