Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
While you were using sarcasm, you'd be amazed what I've heard people say about the airbus (other pilots, mechanics, and flight attendants):
"I just don't want to fly an airplane where I'm not in control of it."
"Those are french made throw-away planes."
"we just need to park all of them...they break and are dangerous."
As I'm staring at them and about to ask them if they need a helmet to walk around safely...
Did you know that if an Airbus has an engine failure then the other engine automatically shuts down, that's why the UsAir crashed. Bet you didn't know that. -Loudest pilot in the crewroom
Here's a quesiton, do you want to fly a plane that when something goes wrong the mechanic "Resets, Reracks or Replaces" in that order or one that the mechanic "Restrings, resquirts, retools, resodders, retwines, rebends, respools, retwists, retapes?"
I'm teasing. I just thought I was funny.
In a 1.5 years I've only had 1 88 go down that we had to swap aircraft to complete the flight and that was because the POS light was out and the problem wasn't in the wingtip but somewhere in the wing. The DC9 proved that the DC9 family love you long time, last long time, make you happy, happy ending.
Originally Posted by
KC10 FATboy
I don't believe his comments had anything to do with DAL versus NWA or being anti Airbus. I think he was stating the obvious that the 737 and M88 (which are based there) don't spend much time there, but the Airbus have as many or more overnights as the others combined.
You're probably right. I've never heard a mechanic complain about a plane, just pilots- who've never flown them.
My Captain on this last trip whose flown the L1011, 727, 738, MD11, 764, 767, M89, had this to say about the airbus: "man that thing is big on the inside. Widest seats I've ever seen. I wish they'd put it in ATL."