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Southwest modifiserer cockpit på 737 300-serien.
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/4256658/
Bilde (http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/fl...outhwest-737-300s-to-get-154-.html)
Noe flere selskaper vil prøve seg på kanskje?
Hm. Skjønner ikke helt vitsen med å bruke penger på det men. PS! Bildelinken fungerer ikke. Bruk denne: http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/2008/12/southwest-737-300s-to-get-154-.html
Hm. Skjønner ikke helt vitsen med å bruke penger på det men.
Har du lest artikkelen? De bruker penger med mål om å til slutt å spare penger.
God Jul!
Dette er noe som vil gjøre Southwest-pilotene istand til å fly alle flytyper, også når avløseren til 737NG kommer .... på samme måte som alle fly idag har 'gammeldags' cockpit.
KennethGS
24-12-2008, 17:49
Tidligere har de jo flydd med "Classic-look" i NG-cockpitene (http://www.airliners.net/photo/Southwest-Airlines/Boeing-737-705/1195642/L/), så overgangen måtte vel komme en gang...
Tidligere? de gjør det ennå .. det er det de skal oppgradere ...
Dette er noe som vil gjøre Southwest-pilotene istand til å fly alle flytyper, også når avløseren til 737NG kommer (...)
Så her har SW med andre ord en dialog med Boeing om hva sistnevnte vil legge opp til av systemer på kommende modeller? Samtidig som selskapet indirekte sier at de ikke vil fly noe annet enn Boeing...
Dette er noe som vil gjøre Southwest-pilotene istand til å fly alle flytyper, også når avløseren til 737NG kommer .... på samme måte som alle fly idag har 'gammeldags' cockpit.
De er vel i stand også i dag til å fly alle typer 737, slik som i SAS, hvor dem flyr classic og NG om hverandre.
Southwest gjør dette for å spare penger (unngå å bruke penger på NG-fly), men oppgradererer bare cockpiten slik at de er RNP-kompatible.
Ok, maybe time to lift some of the "fog"???
RNP is Required Navigational Performance. RNP is used to fly certain approaches in very bad weather (RNP Approach to INN comes to mind). But you can also use RNP to maximise the use of your airspace. That is very attractive in highly congested airspace areas.
The 737NG is - by it's Software - RNP compliant. That means, with the arrival of the 737NG, these things were developed for wide usage.
Southwest operates a big bunch of relatively young 737-300s. 90 of the fleet get winglets and will stay for many years to come.
Placing these new cockpit instruments on all of the 733 that WN operates, will accomplish two main goals. It will make the 733s RNP compliant, which will make them interchangeable with the 737-700s and it prevents them of having to deal with 2 subfleets of -300s (the one with the new cockpits and the one without).
I think it should be more interesting to discuss the impact on industry. When WN started with the -300s Winglets, they virtually gave the boost to the programm. Now, the WL is getting more and more common on past-95 built -300s. Is this now another a new industry trend set by WN or not?
Tommy777
25-12-2008, 17:55
Ok, maybe time to lift some of the "fog"???
RNP is Required Navigational Performance. RNP is used to fly certain approaches in very bad weather (RNP Approach to INN comes to mind). But you can also use RNP to maximise the use of your airspace. That is very attractive in highly congested airspace areas.
The 737NG is - by it's Software - RNP compliant. That means, with the arrival of the 737NG, these things were developed for wide usage.
Southwest operates a big bunch of relatively young 737-300s. 90 of the fleet get winglets and will stay for many years to come.
Placing these new cockpit instruments on all of the 733 that WN operates, will accomplish two main goals. It will make the 733s RNP compliant, which will make them interchangeable with the 737-700s and it prevents them of having to deal with 2 subfleets of -300s (the one with the new cockpits and the one without).
I think it should be more interesting to discuss the impact on industry. When WN started with the -300s Winglets, they virtually gave the boost to the programm. Now, the WL is getting more and more common on past-95 built -300s. Is this now another a new industry trend set by WN or not?
Except that most WN -300s don't have WLs
Southwest har 186 -300'er. De har kjøpt winglet-kits til 90 av dem.