Originally Posted by
FlyingKat
When I worked as an agent at NWA passengers would often come up to me and say they wanted to be rebooked from the Mesaba turboprop flight to the NWA jet flight all the time because the jet was "newer" technology an safer.
The Saab had just been delivered to Mesaba and still had the new airplane smell.....the DC9-10 or -30 was built in 1964-68 depending on which boneyard it had been pulled out of.....
Go figure...
They should do a better job of marketing it.. the airlines and the manufacturer.. Perhaps they can use the "Green" card and explain in a simple way why it's more efficient for shorter routes.. Might make people feel better and realize that it is in fact a newer and totally safe aircraft.