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Old 01-23-2014, 07:33 PM
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First Airbus product NOT uglier than the Boeing equivalent.
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Old 01-23-2014, 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Sink r8
First Airbus product NOT uglier than the Boeing equivalent.

It really is a nice looking jet. I am surprised at the RFP so soon, I thought the 767's had some life left in them. I guess the deliveries wouldn't start for a few years though. Encouraging!

The rest area is perfect. I'm sure Delta will design a special cargo pallet that fits right there and we'll get seat 6B.
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Old 01-23-2014, 07:42 PM
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Mil LV question for u experts out there. I took 10 days of MLOA this month. Only had to drop 3 of the 16 on call
days this month. My sched now shows proj credit of only 48. The way I figure it, I should get 58.5. Res gar of 72 with 16 on call days equals 4.5 hrs per day so they should only subtract 13.5 for those 3 dropped on call days right???
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Old 01-23-2014, 07:55 PM
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Atlas 5 launch tonight, so if you can't be here........ enjoy!

Launch time 21:05...
Dammit, missed it! I was in a movie theater watching American Hustle until about 10pm. Pretty funny movie if you haven't seen it. I have seen some of the night Shuttle launches from my driveway on a clear night, and once we were flying a 757 from DFW to FLL at night, when ATC told us to look out the left side for the Shuttle Launch.

It was about 10pm, we were delayed out of DFW about two hours, and the launch had been delayed about 5 hours, so by accident we got front row seats for the launch that night. It was a huge fireball going up, very bright. Of course we made a PA and woke everybody up, but we got a lot of Thank You's when we got to FLL.

Too bad that program is retired...
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Old 01-23-2014, 07:57 PM
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Dear Lord it sounds like a rest area designed by pilots?!!

Don't worry FTB, if Delta ever does get some of these they will rip out the dedicated rest area to squeeze 1 more PAX seat in the plane. And rest will again be conducted in the back of the bus.
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Old 01-23-2014, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by flyallnite
It really is a nice looking jet. I am surprised at the RFP so soon, I thought the 767's had some life left in them. I guess the deliveries wouldn't start for a few years though. Encouraging!

The rest area is perfect. I'm sure Delta will design a special cargo pallet that fits right there and we'll get seat 6B.
Haha, we were both thinking the same thing.
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Old 01-23-2014, 08:04 PM
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And the best part is it looks like 757



Looks good. Maybe we should talk to the European Import/Export Bank about getting special financing since everybody buying from Boeing outside the US gets those kinds of deals? I support USA all the way but the boneheads running this country make it difficult for US airlines to compete globally.
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Old 01-23-2014, 08:09 PM
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And the best part is it looks like 757



A long haul 757 with crew bunks and cool wingtips?

Can we put it on floats?

A man can dream, can't he?
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Old 01-23-2014, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by flyallnite
It really is a nice looking jet. I am surprised at the RFP so soon, I thought the 767's had some life left in them. I guess the deliveries wouldn't start for a few years though. Encouraging!

The rest area is perfect. I'm sure Delta will design a special cargo pallet that fits right there and we'll get seat 6B.
Remember, Richard is the guy who brought the first Airbus to North West. He loves Airbus, and he hates spending money (the last DC9 just now retired).

Notice what he just ordered, a bunch of 321's and 10 330's.

I doubt if we'll ever see Richard order another new Boeing widebody, he is constantly talking down the 777 as a jet with nowhere to go.
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Old 01-23-2014, 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Sink r8
First Airbus product NOT uglier than the Boeing equivalent.
Boeing still wins.






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