747-422 in New UAL Colors
02-25-2011, 11:20 AM
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Didn't know it was called "Saul Bass", but I got a kick out of it as well. Tens of millions to make the movie and they can't pull file footage from within the last two decades?
02-25-2011, 12:21 PM
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Since I had a practice layover, I went to talk to a MX supervisor to inquire how that can be allowed to fly very long due to corrosion. They do track such issues on a part of the aircraft logbook we don't deal with and touch-up was scheduled for both.
Then I asked him which Earl Scheib franchise painted our planes....he laughed out loud saying he couldn't believe the poor quality of the outsourced paint job.
You get what you pay for I guess.
Lee
02-25-2011, 05:44 PM
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Could Be,, But since it's either paint or Polish as American does it. Paint reduces Drag, so the 700# is really negligable, And as bad as the LAST paint job looked Without primer and peeling OFF ?? It's Has GOT to be an improvement. The added weight of the primer isn't going to change flight Dynamics one bit. We're flying with other World class Airlines and they have Primer on THEIR 747's Have you EVER seen a lousy Singapore Airlines Paint Job? Me Neither! I wish we polished our planes like American.
But there's only ONE "American" and you can't mistake their planes Anywhere!
But there's only ONE "American" and you can't mistake their planes Anywhere!
02-26-2011, 09:23 AM
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I guess that's not a singular problem, you've got a LOT of Company unfortunately. I think on BOTH sides of the company. Be Well!
02-27-2011, 07:43 AM
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I would have preferred that they either stuck with UAL or CAL's pre-merger livery, like DAL did. This new paint job looks weird and confusing.
Of course, I'm sure this isn't our last paint job. One more merger and we'll probably have a completely different look with some weird sounding European name.
KC
Of course, I'm sure this isn't our last paint job. One more merger and we'll probably have a completely different look with some weird sounding European name.
KC
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