Originally Posted by
blakman7
Yeah I thought that was one of the first ones to go. I remember hearing about the first ones tail being N7714B. Hey Oscar, could you tell (besides maybe the generator loss
) that it was a former AT plane? Or did it look the exact same as all the rest of the SWA planes. Not trying to be insulting towards SWA but did they dumb the cockpit down? The AT 737's were a little ahead of the SWA 737's to begin with.
Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner B7. I don't know what the cockpit looked like before , but I am pretty sure they are very similar. AT originals had the different standby displays (we already had a few of them from non SWA carriers) and different com heads. Other than that I think they are "becoming" the same cockpit for obvious reasons. We were served well in the past as far as costs go by utilizing our old displays/equipment without (IMO) any loss in safety. We will now have to embrace the latest to be able to operate everywhere.
The Oscar
It is one thing to fly between AMA and DAL. It is another thing to operate out of country or in/out of highly congested airports. Duh.