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Traumahawk
The 727 thread reminded me of something that has been the subject of some talk at my university and flight program.
Where is the industry headed, mostly from an equipment standpoint?
Are the days of endless United DC-10 tails lined up at ORD gone forever(obviously, but the principle)...as far as domestic travel? I don't know if I'd go as far to say they are. But the regional jets are definately changing things in the now. I think sometime in the near future, UAL has decided to make Atlanta an all RJ airport. All United Express. I think Miami may see the same change. Comair continues to get bigger. How about this Eclipse jet? Is the trend going to be smaller instead of bigger?
What do you guys think we'll see in the next 20 years? Are heavies gonna be few and far, reserved for JFK-Tokyo? And only just a bunch of aging 737NG/A320 and regional jets flying crisscross patterns across the country for domestic? Mostly corporate? Or back to normal? I dunno. These are just questions people ask when in the middle of an uncertain time. Sorry for the novel!
-Phil
P.S. You know what humors me? Is the Discovery channel doing a show on Commercial Aviation, and then at the end shows like, a middle aged woman with her children flying around the city, going to the grocery store on a little jet with a glass cockpit etc.. with a million other ones in the air. Dad's landing at the golf course. Supposed to be the future of aviation. HI, mom handeling convective turbulence over Macy's? My mom still hasn't gotten in a plane with me. If that happens I'll become a state trooper.
Where is the industry headed, mostly from an equipment standpoint?
Are the days of endless United DC-10 tails lined up at ORD gone forever(obviously, but the principle)...as far as domestic travel? I don't know if I'd go as far to say they are. But the regional jets are definately changing things in the now. I think sometime in the near future, UAL has decided to make Atlanta an all RJ airport. All United Express. I think Miami may see the same change. Comair continues to get bigger. How about this Eclipse jet? Is the trend going to be smaller instead of bigger?
What do you guys think we'll see in the next 20 years? Are heavies gonna be few and far, reserved for JFK-Tokyo? And only just a bunch of aging 737NG/A320 and regional jets flying crisscross patterns across the country for domestic? Mostly corporate? Or back to normal? I dunno. These are just questions people ask when in the middle of an uncertain time. Sorry for the novel!
-Phil
P.S. You know what humors me? Is the Discovery channel doing a show on Commercial Aviation, and then at the end shows like, a middle aged woman with her children flying around the city, going to the grocery store on a little jet with a glass cockpit etc.. with a million other ones in the air. Dad's landing at the golf course. Supposed to be the future of aviation. HI, mom handeling convective turbulence over Macy's? My mom still hasn't gotten in a plane with me. If that happens I'll become a state trooper.
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