Fed Ex; not so good news

[Spur]

Hey AlbieF15 - What's that crack about FO's upgrading from the DC-10 to the A300?

Methinks he meant SO's... Give him a break, he is a fighter pilot after all, it's gonna take him awhile to figure out this crew thing

 

[busdrver]

Hey AlbieF15 - What's that crack about FO's upgrading from the DC-10 to the A300? Thems fight'n words boy. Going from the 10 to the 300 is like going from Caddy with a big engine to one of those cheesy looking French cars you always see Peter Sellers driving around in the Pink Panther movies. Man, what a slap in the face; what a kick in the shins ....

Obviously, the ranting of somebody who is AFRAID of the Bus.... or have you flown the airplane?

 

[~~~^~~~]

The ATR72's Max Take Off is 48,501. With an empty weight around 30,000lbs and 4,500 (2.8 hours fuel without reserves) that leaves about 15,000 max cargo capacity.

How full are the 727's? Also the ATR burns about 1,600 PPH. If I remember correctly the 727 burns more than twice that amount, per engine!

Just curious because I would have never thought of comparing those two airplanes.

We have a number of poolies here at ASA. Good luck at getting the FedEx list moving again.

 

[WrightAvia]

Feeder management from Memphis told me to my face today that there will be NO ATR 72's at Feeder Operations. Only ATR 42's.

 

[AV8OR]

Since I posted on this subject on the previous page of this thread, I thought I'd post the latest on the ASTAR v Fedex, UPS thing....

Go to

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/yho...o&guid={4B8A9D77-BA8C-4B5C-9912-1457FC15C984}


Adios

Tom