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Boeing buys Airbus Jets
Boeing buys Airbus jets to secure Multi-Billion dollar order. (travel.usatoday.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Boeing Certified used Jets....its as simple as buying a Honda
I guess maybe I'm just dense, and the 340 was a nice aircraft, but with heavy twins like the 757 and 767 already out there and the 777 well on the way to launch and ETOPS certification and all, why in the sam hill did Airbus go with 4 engines. Maybe I answered my own question though as fuel wasn't half the price it is now. Happy Days
Because some airlines believe 4 engines are safer than two.....example: Virgin Atlantic...
Exactly. Safety. Because you should always be able to divide the number of engines by two and come up with at least two.
Of course I say that tongue-in-cheek as a guy that puts over 500 hours a year on PC12s, including over water and mountainous terrain, and always in bad weather.....or so it seems lately. :D
Of course I say that tongue-in-cheek as a guy that puts over 500 hours a year on PC12s, including over water and mountainous terrain, and always in bad weather.....or so it seems lately. :D
Well, in that regard you probably won't find anybody to disagree with you, but as in most cases, $ rules. To me, it took a lot of getting used to when the 707 went away and I inherited a 757. Besides the fact of not having them other 2 out there, it took a lot more planning and work on what had been a cut/dried flight plan, but like anything else, afterawhile you get used to it.
It took me years of flying out of ASE in a PC12 to stop thinking about 'what if the engine wets the bed?'. I miss having another engine but every engine failure I ever had was in a twin and I sure can't complain about the costs to operate PC12s.
Mostly irrelevant to the discussion but I always thought that the A340-600 was one of the best looking large air liners.
I can understand the "what if", especially up there. Don't that airport require a special cert?
Not under Part 91 in a turboprop.
I may be thinkin'about some of the Airlines requiring it for their guys. Per your comment below, I'm not an Airbus fan but that is one good lookin airplane.
Wayne that was the best one AB ever built.