DanG · Dec 4

So, the 321XLR is like a crew cab pickup without an available 8' bed. Most of the market won't care, but those that actually use it are really gonna miss it.

Phil Derner · Dec 3

First, I'm focusing on the aircraft itself—not the airline business case or market conditions. This also isn’t Boeing vs. Airbus. I’ve dispatched or overseen the operations of tens of thousands of flights around the world, and my perspective is about the aircraft I’d want working in my fleet. 🧵

Josh Hjemvick 🇺🇸🇺🇦 · Dec 4

The 757 is a true beast. Now with a few hundred hours on the platform, I love operating it and watching it out climb and out perform Airbus 321s and even 737Maxs. Shame Boeing was distracted & gave up the line. Perhaps the NMA can share similarities w/ 757, but I’m not holding my breath.

Link Freeman · Dec 4

I said this in another post about the 757, and Imma said it again: the 757 was a plane designed in an era where the 727s are getting old, and the 737s were still too short-ranged. Thats why its lean but overtly strong. Now it appears to be that no one else made that kind of plane ever again sadly.

@tvoli.bsky.social · Dec 4

So what you are saying is Boeing should have done a 757 MAX.