You're right about the MD-95. We killed it, just like we did the MD-11.

Im not even sure why we gave it a Boeing designation (717) other than to create unity in the company. We didn't give the MD-11 any boeing designation though, so Im not so sure it was a good idea to "lose" a 7X7 designation, since now we only have one left (797).

I wasn't trying to 'school' you on aircraft, obviously you can hold your own. I was only correcting what you were correcting about my posts. I was posting United's configurations yet you were making general observations (that 737's can seat more than 120, etc).

Again, I was posting United configs and therefore the significance of getting a 757 from them.

I work for Boeing in finance, and have been with Boeing since 1998 - so I am very well aware of aviation and airlines as well - esp from the MFG side of it.

I do agree with you that the 757 didn't have a strong family, but that was mainly because it's 'family' was the 767 - 757 and 767 were fraternal twins, the 67 being the larger brother; as both planes had similar layout from an airline prospective - including the same cockpit and feet.

of course, 767 is larger, twin aisle, and was marketed to be a high capacity TransAtlantic carrier while the 757 was marketed to be a high capacity domestic hauler.

Engines is what separated the two though, as the 757 produced the same or greater wake turbulence despite being quite a bit smaller aircraft.

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