Northwest selling A319's

FLY4HOURS.BE · Post by **FLY4HOURS.BE** » 12 Jul 2007, 23:07

Northwest sells 9 A319 aircraft to undisclosed buyers as part of their outsourcing plans. They will continue to sell at a rate of 10 per year thorugh 2010...

http://www.startribune.com/535/story/1295475.html

Pilot unions are against it.

Time for Bruair to go there and do some good shopping before it gets too late (again)!!KLM (the big friend of NW) for example, might be interested to replace their Fokker 100's...

DFW · Post by **DFW** » 13 Jul 2007, 05:23

That's too bad. I like NWA's A319s. Better than AA's MD-80s when I need to fly to Detroit. And I would hate to fly a regional jet for that long.

RC20 · Post by **RC20** » 13 Jul 2007, 05:57

I am somewhat rusty, but I did carry a commercial pilots license many years back, Single engine piston jobs only

I had a chance to do a landing in an MD11 flight simulator 3 years ago, and got it onto the runway in nice order. I was tickled with that, as I was given it from a frozen position on final and 5 miles out or so. I didn't get a chance to fly it around a bit before and get a feel for the handling.

Definitely a different experience flying a jet, let alone one that big.