Originally Posted by
EWR764
As recently as last month flight ops communicated to pilots that it does not view the 757 to be an optimal solution to continental Europe and that, in the near term, it intends to isolate 757 flying to the British Isles where reliability (w/r/t endurance) is much better. The fuel stops this winter were unacceptable and now the company has enough widebody slack to address a glaring concern in the network. So even though the strengthening dollar will drive some outbound-US tourism, I think this decision is operationally-motivated as much as anything else.
Good move, but long overdue.
In the meantime I am eagerly awaiting more 75Bs in the domestic system, outside of their usual haunts (EWR-MCO, hub-hub, some Hawaii).
Sadly, the only thing we're assured of is more 737s. Would rather be in a 319/320 than a 737 most any day (wider seats). 757? Eh. Kind of used to them and have to get past the good old days when I preferred them because I was more likely to get into F. Them days are past.
