Originally Posted by Hacker15e

In talking to FedEx pilots, there definitely seems to be a widespread opinion that the A300 is a bit different than the rest of the fleet...my inference was that it had to do with the old-ish avionics, but there have also been references to strange pairings in bidpacks, and more than once I've heard that "they're a bit of an oddball community."

In a post here at APC a while ago, IIRC, Albie called the Bus (I apologize if I'm misquoting you -- I hope I'm catching the gist of what you actually said) a "stiff-legged *****". To be fair, it was in the middle of him musing about how incredible of a lady the MD-11 is, but for some reason that phrase stuck in the back of my mind bout the A300.

Not trying to stir the pot, but I just thought MX727's observation was interesting in the context of all those other mumblings, as they may be.