Originally Posted by
rob_flies_ua
Sorry, gonna call you on this one. PMUA's "ghetto" 763s are all 767-300ERs according to airfleets.net and have a range approximately 1800 nm or 2000 statute miles greater than winglet'd 752s. That seems much longer
Good point, I thought they were non-ER.
Originally Posted by
Mr.Nuke
I actually wasn't the first, and I didn't even say whether or not I agreed with that interpretation (I don't, because as a pilot I understand the concept of headwinds). Just the way that sentence was worded and the lack of any context about winds reducing ground speed could lead one to imply burn rate based on that article.
My comment was directed at both your and star_world's posts that I quoted above it.