20 Years of the CRJ 100
09-05-2009, 09:56 AM
#21
What's A Weekend?
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Sure look nicer with an executive interior
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09-05-2009, 10:37 AM
#23
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09-06-2009, 10:21 AM
#24
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You have a source for that?
Bill Lear himself designed the LearStar 600 (later renamed Challenger when it was sold to Canadair) as a 12-passenger bizjet back in the mid-70s, with the Challenger 600 receiving FAA certification in 1980.
The FA20s started to get phased out at Federal Express after the Airline Deregulation Act was passed in 1978 and Fred Smith started buying 727s.
Bill Lear himself designed the LearStar 600 (later renamed Challenger when it was sold to Canadair) as a 12-passenger bizjet back in the mid-70s, with the Challenger 600 receiving FAA certification in 1980.
The FA20s started to get phased out at Federal Express after the Airline Deregulation Act was passed in 1978 and Fred Smith started buying 727s.
Last edited by ZDub; 09-06-2009 at 10:22 AM. Reason: Spellin'
09-08-2009, 04:30 PM
#27
What's A Weekend?
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You don't know why? Then you must not work there.
Because Delta Sucks! (that is the reason for everything at DCI carriers)
Delta keeps telling Comair to cut expenses and washing planes cost money, so.....why wash planes? Who cares if the passengers have to see a disgusting, dirty aircraft pull up to the gate with all the rivets showing, paint peeling, etc...
I had a few occasions where pax actually asked me if the plane was safe to fly on. Nice!
If you want to be a first class operation, then act and look like a first class operation. But, that's just my thoughts.
Because Delta Sucks! (that is the reason for everything at DCI carriers)
Delta keeps telling Comair to cut expenses and washing planes cost money, so.....why wash planes? Who cares if the passengers have to see a disgusting, dirty aircraft pull up to the gate with all the rivets showing, paint peeling, etc...
I had a few occasions where pax actually asked me if the plane was safe to fly on. Nice!
If you want to be a first class operation, then act and look like a first class operation. But, that's just my thoughts.
09-08-2009, 05:02 PM
#28
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Joined APC: Mar 2008
Position: 747-400 FO
Posts: 123
Curious, interesting idea - and it'd work except for one item - the door's too narrow. At that width, you'd have to loose-load everything, all the time. Nothing palletized would fit in (48"), but maybe you could resurrect some of the "C" containers from Airborne's DC9s.
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