[joezydeco]

"Boeing’s 757, the world’s longest single-aisle airliner with around 200 seats and a range in excess of 4,000 miles, has been plying the Atlantic for years"

Yeah, and it's a mistake. Never fly a 757 westbound, especially from continental Europe. I've been delayed in Goose Bay, Canada for refueling a few times because of a heavy jet stream. Any connections less than 2 hours will be blown to smithereens.

Here's the latest one, 9 hours ago. These poor saps aren't making any connections today.

https://twitter.com/AirlineFlyer/status/776488074633179137

The 737MAX looks like an identically bad bet.

[MandieD]

I fly back to the US from Germany about twice a year, and my most memorable west-bound flight (for the wrong reasons) was on a USAir 757. Felt like a bus going over potholes the whole way.