AA Class Drops
03-25-2018, 04:56 PM
#751
On RSV
Joined APC: Feb 2007
Position: Gear Puller
Posts: 104
Originally Posted by Cheddar
Quit whining, you’re in the ‘almost’ base of your dreams! 
let’s get some coffee next week - I’ll buy since your making me feel guilty about my golden ticket!
let’s get some coffee next week - I’ll buy since your making me feel guilty about my golden ticket!
03-26-2018, 05:36 AM
#753
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2015
Posts: 398
Originally Posted by aa73
Not at all. The -80 remains the most fun airplane I’ve flown in my entire career. I liked it even more than the 75/76. Old school baby!
You be loosing you mind buddy...
The 76-200 maybe...
The 75 - No way... Best flying airship ever...
You'd have loved the -30 series -9's, and the flying they did.
03-26-2018, 07:43 PM
#754
Line Holder
Joined APC: Mar 2018
Position: B787 CA
Posts: 28
Originally Posted by SunDevilPilot
20MAR Drop:
10 LAX/FO/320/I
4 LGA/FO/320/D
11 LAX/FO/737/D
5 DFW/FO/S80/D
6 PHL/FO/190/I
10 LAX/FO/320/I
4 LGA/FO/320/D
11 LAX/FO/737/D
5 DFW/FO/S80/D
6 PHL/FO/190/I
Last edited by NorthwestAA; 03-26-2018 at 08:10 PM.
03-26-2018, 08:00 PM
#755
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Joined APC: Jul 2006
Posts: 2,889
Originally Posted by Frip
You be loosing you mind buddy...
The 76-200 maybe...
The 75 - No way... Best flying airship ever...
You'd have loved the -30 series -9's, and the flying they did.
The 76-200 maybe...
The 75 - No way... Best flying airship ever...
You'd have loved the -30 series -9's, and the flying they did.
You have to understand that the 80 was the first jet I ever flew. As such I am forever smitten by everything about it. To top it off, most of them were steam gauge non GFMS aircraft... and I am an old school type of pilot. Steam gauges, mechanical controls, etc... that’s my cup of tea. Setting off car alarms every smoky takeoff roll, icing on the cake. Plus it was just pure fun to fly.
I didn’t fly the 75/76 til much later, by then I was a seasoned airline pilot so the novelty aspect wasn’t there anymore. That said, I greatly enjoyed those machines and they flew well... but they couldn’t hold a cup of water to the pure joy of flying an 80. They were a lot more automated with much longer legs, mostly on A/P compared to the fun 4-5 short hops on the 80 with tons of hand flying.
I would have **LOVED** the DC9-10/-30/-40/-50 series and am bummed I never got to fly them.
I know, I’m weird!
03-27-2018, 09:28 AM
#758
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Joined APC: May 2014
Posts: 1,681
Originally Posted by Carlsbad
Exactly. They don’t want to admit their precious Jethroplex can’t handle the capacity and senior management has no idea politics not operational necessity is running the decisions. They’ll only be ****ed when they figure out it was also a poor accounting decision.
But look how much we’re saving on light bills in PHX!
03-27-2018, 10:22 AM
#759
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Joined APC: Aug 2016
Posts: 269
I liked the MD80. Honest airplane and very seat of the pants. A challenge to fly it smoothly. I did not like autoland approaches in it but I never did one when it was low visibility. The only other draw back is the autothrottles. They were moody. My favorite was the F100. Then A320, then MD80, then 767-300, then 767-200 and my least favorite the 757. Looks cool but breaks down. Forgot about 727 panel. Really hated that one. I apologize for thread grab.
03-27-2018, 11:06 AM
#760
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Joined APC: Jan 2014
Posts: 1,295
Originally Posted by Varks
I liked the MD80. Honest airplane and very seat of the pants. A challenge to fly it smoothly. I did not like autoland approaches in it but I never did one when it was low visibility. The only other draw back is the autothrottles. They were moody. My favorite was the F100. Then A320, then MD80, then 767-300, then 767-200 and my least favorite the 757. Looks cool but breaks down. Forgot about 727 panel. Really hated that one. I apologize for thread grab.
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