boeing agreed to re-engine the 737 for AMR

[obadie]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/19/amr-idUSN1E76I1N020110719

 

[ImbracableCrunk]

Uggg. I want Boeing to get orders, but not for a bootstrapped dinosaur.

 

[johnsonrod]

Will Boeing also re-do the 737 overhead panel - or will SWA pilots vigorously object???????

I hope this doesn't indicate that Boeing will give-up on designing an entirely new airplane. We need true innovation - not just revamped 1970-designed aircraft. You'd think (and hope) that Boeing would avoid 787 missteps in the process going forward.

 

[aa73]

Agreed. The 737NG is a disgrace. 1960s overhead panel, same cockpit windows as 707/727 which = LOUD, ridiculously fast Vref speed, spinning trim wheels (YGTBSM!)... the list goes on and on.

 

[get2flyin]

Agreed. The 737NG is a disgrace. 1960s overhead panel, same cockpit windows as 707/727 which = LOUD, ridiculously fast Vref speed, spinning trim wheels (YGTBSM!)... the list goes on and on.

You will love the airbus!

 

[Palmtree Pilot]

Will Boeing also re-do the 737 overhead panel - or will SWA pilots vigorously object???????

I hope this doesn't indicate that Boeing will give-up on designing an entirely new airplane. We need true innovation - not just revamped 1970-designed aircraft. You'd think (and hope) that Boeing would avoid 787 missteps in the process going forward.

The CEO said, on CNBC, a new design won't happen until "well into the next decade." The unreliable schedule for delivery of a new design with different materials is not attractive to the airlines that need to replace their aging fleets.

PtP

 

[8v8ter]

Will Boeing also re-do the 737 overhead panel - or will SWA pilots vigorously object???????

I hope this doesn't indicate that Boeing will give-up on designing an entirely new airplane. We need true innovation - not just revamped 1970-designed aircraft. You'd think (and hope) that Boeing would avoid 787 missteps in the process going forward.

I agree! I was so hoping they would redesign and at least give us enough room to put our bags in the flight deck. Don't put new lipstick on an old pig.

 

[SWA/FO]

Will Boeing also re-do the 737 overhead panel - or will SWA pilots vigorously object???????

they better not!!!!

 

[scoreboardII]

at least give us enough room to put our bags in the flight deck. .

They do, then maintenance goes and installs two inch long bolts when a 1/4 inch would work which ends up cutting your bag.

 

[HA25]

Agreed. The 737NG is a disgrace. 1960s overhead panel, same cockpit windows as 707/727 which = LOUD, ridiculously fast Vref speed, spinning trim wheels (YGTBSM!)... the list goes on and on.

this is so true, but so many don't want to say it.... it's why I 10 times more preferred flying the A320 than the 737 as a "narrow" body... FAR more comfortable and quiet cockpit.... Boeing should have re-worked the 757 airframe into a 737 replacement... instead of parking that design.