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Old 06-01-2015, 03:38 PM
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Old 06-01-2015, 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by badflaps
The top airplane belongs to the 82nd Aerial Target Sq.......That sounds very dangerous.......Probably junior.
That's not the Air Force, it's HD airlines (slogan - "We're cheaper than BluRay"). But it doesn't matter. They retired all the KC-111s. Now they're flying Airbus 316s. They don't carry nearly as much as a 318, but they share the same flight control system.

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Old 06-01-2015, 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by F15Cricket
I think you mean 1:70!
What was that 727 joke? It's a safe plane. It climbs like a safe, descends like a safe and lands like a safe.
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Old 06-02-2015, 05:26 AM
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And on the homefront....

Implications Of A United Airlines A380 Superjumbo Order - United Continental Holdings, Inc (NYSE:UAL) | Seeking Alpha
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Old 06-02-2015, 05:30 AM
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It will never happen at Delta. Remember, "the 777 doesn't really fit well within our system." So an aircraft twice as big with twice as many engines ...
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Old 06-02-2015, 05:30 AM
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Deep Thoughts...by DW...

Why is it that we hear trumpeted that Mother has a 15% premium on ticket prices over fellow competitors...but we can't expect that on employee compensation? (If someone says thats the profit sharing piece...then why would we reduce our piece of the pie?)
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Old 06-02-2015, 05:40 AM
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I believe Richard also said that nobody who is operating the A380 is making money with it, not even Emirates, who is asking Airbus to put new engines on it.
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Old 06-02-2015, 05:50 AM
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Did see an article about a year ago stating that there were only two airlines operating it at a break even to profit...Lufthansas and one other... Did see that this article said that Airbus was GIVING UAL two to try...I guess somewhat like a free lease...
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Old 06-02-2015, 05:57 AM
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Unless you're killing enemy ground troops, there is simply no reason to fly an ugly airplane. The A380 just needs to go away.
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Old 06-02-2015, 06:35 AM
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Originally Posted by DogWhisperer
Did see an article about a year ago stating that there were only two airlines operating it at a break even to profit...Lufthansas and one other... Did see that this article said that Airbus was GIVING UAL two to try...I guess somewhat like a free lease...
They don't fly it to make money, they fly it because they literally don't have anywhere else to blow their money. Its the biggest, and that satisfies egos in a very satisfying way. Ballers gonna ball.
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