Originally Posted by
Toddnel
One question I gotta ask... What is the deal with United's fetish with calling the 73 the Guppy? For the most part the only pilot group I have ever heard calling it that is United. Not to mention it seems like most take a great deal of pleasure is saying it as much as they possibly can. Not that I really care just wondering.
Former Guppy Captain now Triple FO
Todd
United was the Guppy US launch customer in 1965. At the merger right-sizing in 2009, that was 44 years of continuous guppy flying at UAL and it's always been what that airplane has been called. Why do call a car a car? Or a truck a truck? Cause that's it's name.