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Lobaeux 11-30-2012 05:55 PM

Wow, it's an impressive plane!

744driver 11-30-2012 09:23 PM


Originally Posted by BayBum4Ever (Post 1302648)
You mean we have 767's?? When did this happen? Seriously???

Seriously, that is the same thing we get from the Company...this is a 747 airline, with a little project on the side that uses a different type of aircraft, the 767.

Tell me you wouldn't take a left seat though, I don't give a hoot about the light twin thing vs the big-a$$ whale...I took the first left seat I could hold, and about 50 others did the same thing. And I'm just fine with it. If you already hold a 744 left seat, don't come to the 767!!

And like I say to the pilots and FAs I fly with nowadays, I don't need this abuse from you...I can get it anytime at home!!

HeavyHauler 12-01-2012 07:39 AM


Originally Posted by 744driver (Post 1302787)
Tell me you wouldn't take a left seat though, I don't give a hoot about the light twin thing vs the big-a$$ whale...I took the first left seat I could hold, and about 50 others did the same thing. And I'm just fine with it. If you already hold a 744 left seat, don't come to the 767!!

Perspective is everything. If y'all want to start a Cessna 310 program, I'm game. :D Mrs. Hauler wants me out of the house.

742Dash 12-01-2012 06:45 PM


Originally Posted by RJCapt (Post 1302482)
I think he ment a twin (767) class only. The 74 guys like to reference to the 76 as a light twin. And at the same time make fun of us ��

Actually the phrase started with Atlas management/marketing back in the late 1990s in reference to how the 767 would fit in the heavy freight market that Atlas serves. I do not think that the humor in referring to a 767 as a "light twin" was obvious to the first users of the phrase, with the exception of Mr. Chowdry.

You guys need to start making jokes about "heavy" 747 Captains.

744driver 12-01-2012 08:32 PM

And let me tell you...some really are heavy ("Body by Atlas", right?!!).

Kinda like the Freshman 15 (pounds) that every college newbie gains in their first year at college...for Atlas pilots, it is a right of passage of sorts, that with the long-haul flights, and the boredom that comes with it...go back to the galley for absolutely no reason and grab some calories that most of us don't need to consume.

JonnyKnoxville 12-01-2012 11:41 PM


Originally Posted by 742Dash (Post 1303326)
Actually the phrase started with Atlas management/marketing back in the late 1990s in reference to how the 767 would fit in the heavy freight market that Atlas serves. I do not think that the humor in referring to a 767 as a "light twin" was obvious to the first users of the phrase, with the exception of Mr. Chowdry.

You guys need to start making jokes about "heavy" 747 Captains.

Actually the phrase started way before Atlas was even a company. I know TWA 747 pilots were using that term when I was a little kid.

742Dash 12-02-2012 04:35 AM


Originally Posted by JonnyKnoxville (Post 1303414)
Actually the phrase started way before Atlas was even a company. I know TWA 747 pilots were using that term when I was a little kid.

No doubt, the phrase is obvious and probably came into use in many airlines. But in the Atlas context I stand by my post. In the 1999/2000 timeframe the 767 and A300 were both considered for smaller payloads/increased frequency in South America, and "light twin" was a management term for the yet undecided airframe in this market. And in the context of the heavy freight market the 767/A300 are indeed "light".

But in the here and now I admitt that the term is used in the bars to needle the 76 crews, which is getting to be a bit old.

744driver 12-02-2012 06:55 AM


Originally Posted by 742Dash (Post 1303435)

But in the here and now I admitt that the term is used in the bars to needle the 76 crews, which is getting to be a bit old.


As one that has given up the training engines (like training wheels on a bicycle, the number one and four on the 744!!) for the next 1 year and 9 months (until the 3-year equipment lock expires), I appreciate the heartfelt concern you exhibit...many thanks!!

Talon1011 12-02-2012 07:44 AM


Originally Posted by JonnyKnoxville (Post 1303414)
Actually the phrase started way before Atlas was even a company. I know TWA 747 pilots were using that term when I was a little kid.


True. We heard that at ATA as well from the L-1011 folks when I flew the 757. Of course I returned the favor when I went to the Tristar!

742Dash 12-02-2012 09:06 AM


Originally Posted by 744driver (Post 1303509)
As one that has given up the training engines (like training wheels on a bicycle, the number one and four on the 744!!) for the next 1 year and 9 months (until the 3-year equipment lock expires), I appreciate the heartfelt concern you exhibit...many thanks!!

"training engines"? That puts pod scrapes in a new light!


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