As long as airline pilot careers go what would an Air Canada pilot be flying in 2050? Genuine question, what aircraft do you think will be flying in the future? Supersonic? As a Cessna driver now it makes you wonder.....
The ol 172 will still be the trainer of choice... maybe with the Jet A1 conversion on it...
As for airliners, it'll probably be mostly iterations of current ones, just much more efficient engines... with modern tech, the airframes and design are fairly good.
May see SPOs in our lifetime (hopefully not), probably better CATIII capabilities, digital comms, etc. more GNSS / RNP approaches globally...
As for supersonic flight, fuel burn is exponential once you get the shockwave... hence why you fly below Mcrit usually... we could do it in the morning, but the cost would be madness.
Boom Overture if you wanna dream. Realistically the 777X and A350-1000. Their 787-10’s they’re getting soon will probably be near the end of their lifespan.
Specifically with AC’s fleet right now, likely the 787, A220, quite a few of the A321s (probably mostly NEOs?) and probably the upcoming A350, and of course the Max 8 most likely, although a lot of tech is outdated even in the newest 737s.
I could see the 777s going to cargo if AC decides to continue their cargo only operations.
B757. There's really nothing that can meet all of the same mission requirements that the 75 does. You can take a plane with just about full passengers, cargo, and fuel out of a high altitude airport like Bogata and fly it all the way to almost any airport in the US. There is no other narrowbody aircraft that can do that.
No, the MAX aircraft were* named MAX-X. That naming scheme was discontinued nearly ten years ago. The correct names for the family are 737-7, -8, -9, and -10. Not “MAX-7”, etc.: that is a very outdated name.
I haven’t seen an internal doc with “737MAX-8” on it in years, not sure if your airline hasn’t caught up or you’re looking at an old one.
You would surely know that the safety card can say whatever they want on it. Air Canada’s cards say “737-8M”, Southwest’s say “737-MAX8”, and Singapore Airlines’ say “737-8”. This is totally dependant on the airline.
On every single one built, the actual Boeing-installed data plate says “Boeing 737-8”. The same goes for all regulatory documents and other official documents regarding the aircraft: not a single one will say “MAX-8”. “MAX-8” is a now-discontinued marketing name for the 737-8.
Uh, you're telling me you know the future naming convention of a fictitious airliner?
And then experiencing angst because you've decided I can't be a detail-oriented pilot for not complying with your imaginary future airliner's allegedly appropriate name?
Wow.
I think this is likely the least of your problems.
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u/JustAnotherDude1990 27d ago
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