I thought the 757-300 was the honorary Diesel 8 of the 21st century? Or maybe it's the A340-600, twin-aisle, but same engine configuration. "This is your Captain speaking; our flying time to Hong Kong, for passengers in First class, will be 13 hours and 27 minutes; for passengers in economy, it will be 14 hours and 10 minutes..." Mike Gammon > > From: RT Simpson <BraniffIntl@aol.com> > Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 13:25:21 EST > To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU > Subject: Re: Boeing talking with airlines to launch new 737-900 jet > > In a message dated 2/25/03 10:42:32 AM US Mountain Standard Time, > DZTOPS@aol.com writes: > > > > How would this differ from a B757? The ones DL is planning to fly as SONG > > are said to have 199 Y class seats. Sounds like Boeing is going to > > duplicate its planes. > > > > Look at it this way: there are a lot more B737(200-800) drivers than B757. > The training time for the 900 series will be a cake walk compared to checking > out on the B757/767. I just wonder what kind of reinforced concrete Boeing > will use on the tail skid! The 900 may end up looking like a two engined > Super 60 series Diesel 8. > > RT Simpson > Phoenix >