Originally Posted by
MastaHanky
Hope SLC can get 34R extended here pretty quickly - we've already seen the trouble they've had with SLC-CDG in the summer, and NRT will be worse, unless they decide to use one of NW's shiny new A332s.
...that'd actually be worse.
Remember, NW's A332s have some of the weakest engines available for that airframe, particularly considering their MTOW. Takeoff performance would be nothing akin to an RR powered A332.