Originally Posted by
e6bpilot
I am quite sure someone in 1987 said the same thing.
Exactly.... my father worked as ATC in 1969 and remembers when the 737 was first flown into his station (known affectionately by the controllers at the time as the FLUF: Fat Little Ugly Fer).
He retired in 1980 (before the firings) but the 737 lives on!