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797. The Plane That Never Was.
In Ask the Pilot: The Plane That Never Was. Boeing's 797 Project Almost Sure to be Nixed in the Wake of COVID. (www.askthepilot.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Shame.. with gas prices so low.. the current desert stockpile like the 757s look alot more appealing..
Call me optimistic, but the 797 (aka NBA or Next Boeing Airplane) will be the 737 replacement on a truly clean sheet design. 3+3 Economy and 2+2 seating up front, but with a better fuselage shape so there's more cargo room, better overheads, and...drum roll...more room for fuel. Give it a size bracket that starts at or slightly above the MAX8's seating capacity, and stretches out to halfway between the 752 and 753. Longer legs to suit the 752 and hence all of the cramping factors that have burdened the 737 (squirrel cheeks on the nacelles to hide the auxiliaries, engine placement challenges that drove Boeing to do MCAS). Done right, it gives them the upper hand on Airbus in the short-haul sector, long/thin sector, and nudges them to a place where their product family is 777/787/797, even if I do shed a tear that the 747 will go away (don't ruin my dream!) after the UPS frames are built (I swear Cargolux wants 40 more nose loaders before the line shuts down).
They already have type-rating commonality between 777 and 787. Could they extend it to 797 with a clean sheet design and create true fluidity across a fleet?
They already have type-rating commonality between 777 and 787. Could they extend it to 797 with a clean sheet design and create true fluidity across a fleet?
There is no common type rating between the 787 and 777. Yes between the 767 and 757.
https://www.airlinepilotforums.com/major/61891-787-gets-common-type-rating-777-a.html
Does this mean 777 pilots won't require simulator training to fly the 787 and vice versa?
I like the idea of the 2-3-2 seating plan! No need to share the same row when the two of us are flying!