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Originally Posted by Stealth22
Huh...I hadn't been following AC's fleet situation lately, so I didn't know they had ordered that many 77W's. Are they downsizing on the A333's as well? I remember reading about the 737 MAX order to replace the A32X aircraft, and thought that was somewhat surprising. Although not shocking...Boeing probably gave them a discount after the 777 and 787 orders.
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From what I understand the A330's are all going within 2-3 years, simply because AC can't cram as many seats in them as they'd like. Indeed, the new 77W's they took were apparently massively discounted. As good looking as MAX is, unless somebody takes a big CSeries order our skies will be full of only 737.
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Originally Posted by Stealth22
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe they use maximum braking and reverse thrust during normal landings either. In fact, I think (don't quote me on this), they normally use idle reverse, and do most of the work with the wheel brakes, to prevent wear and tear on the engines.
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This is correct, for wear and tear and also because a lot of airports request or mandate the use of idle reverse for noise abatement, unless operationally necessary.