New AA paint scheme short lived?
02-14-2013, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by R57 relay
I'm not a fan. As for everything else it sounds like unless there is a really compelling reason to change it will be the AA way. They said they learned from the US/AW that it is easier to get the smaller group changed. I hope they just keep the AA uniform, wings etc.
I would count on either US uniforms (likely, for pilots) or something all-new, since AA just hired people to design new uniforms. Like everything else, though, subject to change.
02-14-2013, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by EMBFlyer
Most of the new airplanes AA ordered are composite. You can't polish plastic.
http://www.ntsb.gov/news/events/2011...l%20Airbus.pdf
02-14-2013, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by VenetianFryCook
I, on the other hand, hope we keep the US uniform. I vastly prefer the black to the navy blue. Wings, I could care less about. I'd love to see them dump the "new AA" paint scheme in favor of something less hideous, but I doubt they will. In which case, I can't see it from the flight deck anyhow.
I would count on either US uniforms (likely, for pilots) or something all-new, since AA just hired people to design new uniforms. Like everything else, though, subject to change.
I would count on either US uniforms (likely, for pilots) or something all-new, since AA just hired people to design new uniforms. Like everything else, though, subject to change.
02-15-2013, 01:59 AM
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Originally Posted by What
ToHo and Doggy both said today that the AA paint scheme is here to stay and this is what the company will be branded under, what they do down the road is a different story.
02-15-2013, 04:34 AM
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For those who liked the old AA paint + aluminum... the problem I saw was that it looked brilliant when it was fresh and polished, looked like steamed dog turd after a few months on the line. Keeping aluminum shiny is a non-stop thing, and AA did not have the time and $$ to make it work properly.
Get within 30 feet of an older 737 or MD-80, and you can see the dinginess in the aluminum.
Parked next to some of the old Continentals/United down in the Caribbean, AA's livery looked scruffy. The UAL bird had brilliantly polished engine nacelles, while ours looked sand-blasted.
Get within 30 feet of an older 737 or MD-80, and you can see the dinginess in the aluminum.
Parked next to some of the old Continentals/United down in the Caribbean, AA's livery looked scruffy. The UAL bird had brilliantly polished engine nacelles, while ours looked sand-blasted.
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