Doesn't the B717 have a APU for start ups.......why must it be done at the gate. ----- Original Message ----- From: John Kelly <jckelly1011@hotmail.com> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 8:55 AM Subject: Re: Anyone Want Some Used B717s?? > Boeing will keep Long Beach open for quite a while. The C-17 is produced > there. Look for an announcement in the near future for a follow-on purchase > of an additional 60 C-17s to complement the original 120 aircraft buy. Even > more C-17s for the U. S. Air Force are needed, but 180 is better than the > original contract for 120. > > My friends at TWA LLC tell me the B717 is loved by pax along with gate agent > folks even though they have to stay at their loading bridge station until > engines are running. The flight crews like the plane, too. Mechs don't like > it because it requires a ground cart start and has some avionics glitches. > Still, is the F100 better than the B717, or vice-versa? Not sitting in AA's > strategic fleet planning group, we can only conjecture. > > Regards, > JCK > > > > > >From: RT Simpson <BraniffIntl@aol.com> > >Reply-To: The Airline List <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>, BraniffIntl@aol.com > >To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU > >Subject: Anyone Want Some Used B717s?? > >Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 22:59:55 EST > > > >Dunno 'bout the future of the B717 based on comments coming out of AMR to > >the > >effect that they like their F100s and feel they have plenty of life left in > >'em. Okay.. how many of the 30 TW 717s will Midwest Express take? 30 is a > >big number. And if they buy/lease 'em used, how much longer can Boeing > >keep > >Long Beach open producing a whopping 1.5 B717s a month? > > > >RT Simpson > >Phoenix > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.