Second US Launch Customer for 787

[IXLR8]

I don't understand why all of us pilots are the bitches we are. We are unable to just be happy with what we have and not try to justify the jealousy and bitterness that we feel towards other pilots because they are in a better situation than the one we find our selves at currently. What a joke, who gives a FU** about flying a 787, 747, 737, etc or flying for Delta or SW or United, Who FUC***G cares. Stop being bitter, make the most of what you have and just shut the FU** up. And I don't fly for SW. uba757

Then there would be no use for this forum...

 

[IXLR8]

Iron Maiden RULES!!!!

 

[Captzaahlie]

The hubris of the SWA crowd never ceases to amaze me.

Had 9-11 not happened you would still be losing pilots to other airlines every month just like you were up and until the day the towers came down.

I actually wanted to work for them before 911......

 

[scoreboardII]

Need more cowbell...

 

[Scope out RJ's]

It seems like most of the threads involving SWA turn into name calling lately, no matter who started it.

I chalk it up to the general tension in the industry and possibly boredom.

But it does get a little old after a while.

But it does get entertaining watching all the pft swa skirts get all worked up!:laugh:

 

[Formula 1]

This is like beating a dead horse at this point but whoever gets the plane on property first is the launch customer. There can only be one.

Its like saying the guy who comes in 2nd place is the second guy to come in 1st place. Huh???

The original poster knew he was wrong but instead of admiting it he thought it would make more sense to point out that I spelled customer wrong.

You can lead a horse to water...




Anyways, there are more important things to worry about.

I sorry that I did not admit that I was wrong. You are right. The second airline that receives a new type of aircraft is not the second launch customer of jack. He just the guy who copied the first guy and he is not very original. Thank you for pointing that out.

By the way, admitting is spelt with two T's.

 

[Formula 1]

I found this on another site and the author makes a good point.

"Well in a strict sense the "program launch customers" are the airlines
who order enough planes to fulfill the minimum order requirement,
regardless of when they get their planes, e.g. Lufthansa ordering
enough 737s to allow Boeing to build it, or PanAm ordering 21 747s. In
this sense Both SQ, EK, QF etc are all "launch customers" of the A380,
while Singapore is the "launch operator" (my own term) in the sense it
will be the first to put the plane into revenue service.

ANA will be both a program launch customer and the launch operator of
the 787.


Air New Zealand, the second ever 787 customer, will only get its first
plane in 2010, the first 787-9. So in this sense ANZ is a "program
launch customer" as well as a "model launch customer" even though
first delivery is 2010, 2 years after first 787-8 delivery.


Sometimes, due to politics or other factors, the actual launch
customer is not advertised as such; the hot selling 777-300ER is a
classic example, with Air France as the actual launch customer, but
JAL was the "advertised" launch customer. Air France was first to
order and first to fly the 77W.


You find all sorts of launch customers, some more marketing spin than
others, e.g. "African launch customer" or "North American launch
customer" as well as "GE launch customer" or "RR launch customer" for
various engine\airframe combinations.


A hard and fast rule is:
1) whoever orders before official program launch ("the ones who make
the program possible")
2) whoever orders a special variant of the base model and makes that
variant possible (787-9, 787-3, 787-10, A380-900, B777-300ER)
3) whoever orders enough of a specific engine\airframe combination to
allow the engine program to go ahead can be considered that
powerplant's launch customer."

 

[DOVPILOT]

yeah, I don't think so..haha

http://www.ostrower.com/jon/787-tails-lg.jpg

 

[Fly-n-hi]

I found this on another site and the author makes a good point.

"Well in a strict sense the "program launch customers" are the airlines
who order enough planes to fulfill the minimum order requirement,
regardless of when they get their planes, e.g. Lufthansa ordering
enough 737s to allow Boeing to build it, or PanAm ordering 21 747s. In
this sense Both SQ, EK, QF etc are all "launch customers" of the A380,
while Singapore is the "launch operator" (my own term) in the sense it
will be the first to put the plane into revenue service.

ANA will be both a program launch customer and the launch operator of
the 787.


Air New Zealand, the second ever 787 customer, will only get its first
plane in 2010, the first 787-9. So in this sense ANZ is a "program
launch customer" as well as a "model launch customer" even though
first delivery is 2010, 2 years after first 787-8 delivery.


Sometimes, due to politics or other factors, the actual launch
customer is not advertised as such; the hot selling 777-300ER is a
classic example, with Air France as the actual launch customer, but
JAL was the "advertised" launch customer. Air France was first to
order and first to fly the 77W.


You find all sorts of launch customers, some more marketing spin than
others, e.g. "African launch customer" or "North American launch
customer" as well as "GE launch customer" or "RR launch customer" for
various engine\airframe combinations.


A hard and fast rule is:
1) whoever orders before official program launch ("the ones who make
the program possible")
2) whoever orders a special variant of the base model and makes that
variant possible (787-9, 787-3, 787-10, A380-900, B777-300ER)
3) whoever orders enough of a specific engine\airframe combination to
allow the engine program to go ahead can be considered that
powerplant's launch customer."

The war's over man. Let it go.

 

[MCOE175]

Could you imagine how many mullets, fat people and people with breathing machines they could fit on that. Now boarding group ZZ 89-138