Originally Posted by
Timbo
As I recall, when Delta bought 21 of them, they were supposed to be replacement jets for the L10-11 domestic jets, and they did fly MCO-LGA quite a bit. They came with no SAT Com installed, since they were never going out of the CONUS....until years later.
Oh and they came with N numbers that ended with MH, we used to joke that stood for "Mullen's Holdings",
I also remember riding the jump seat from ATL-MCO on L10-11's, with a full meal service, on a 1hr. Flight! And also JS'ng on the MD11 and 777 from ATL-MCO.
Our first couple 777's were delivered with no crew rest facility, since the company thought they'd never fly over 12 hours. Frickn' brilliant our Network Guru was back in 1997!
I have also heard those were the initials of the 4th floor project pilot who happened to be tasked with reserving a series of N numbers for the order. Since they didn't give him any restrictions or preferences for the task, he put his stamp on 'em.
I think he's actually on the aircraft these days.