Originally Posted by phillystudent

For the record, the 77W flies the ex-BOM routes to the US on Fri/Sat/Sun. I was sitting next to the relief pilot during my trip and he mentioned that it is because of US government nonsense that is strong-arming Jet into flying US-made Boeing aircraft onto US soil at least once a week. Not sure if that's true or not, but that's what he told me!