I'm not a 717 guru but believe it's due to the avionics issues TWA has experienced. If there's an avionics problem at the gate, the plane doesn't have to be towed back into the gate. Still not an efficient way to operate, though. JCK >From: Roger & Amanda La France <lafrance@verizon.net> >Reply-To: The Airline List <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>, Roger >& Amanda La France <lafrance@verizon.net> >To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU >Subject: Re: Anyone Want Some Used B717s?? >Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:48:39 -0500 > >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. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com