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Originally Posted by bluejuice71 (Post 1409495)

Looks pretty cool until you get to the front of the airplane & that nose is not attractive!

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1409498)

That's what I was thinking... Every angle is great until you get from the side. "Whoa.. what is up with that nose?"

http://www.dipoll.com/img/polls/497B.jpg

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1409498)

That's what I was thinking... Every angle is great until you get from the side. "Whoa.. what is up with that nose?"

Yeah but its just the tip.

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Originally Posted by Vikz09 (Post 1409565)

Perhaps these aircraft will come into play as our rumored 8-12 wide body aircraft.

Air India may sell eight of its Boeing 777 aircraft: chairman - Yahoo! Finance

Granted we would most likely need some major updates.

They are the 200LR's, which are probably too much airplane for the routes we have in mind. I doubt Boeing will discount them enough for that to be overlooked. I'd expect these to be placed with an Asian or ME carrier. Maybe Jetstar, so maybe a 3 way swap for their A330's? : )

Crazy Story.....
I am on mloa deployed down range. The other day we were at the Deid in processing through immigration and customs so we could grab something to eat. For those who have had the privilege of this experience you know the Qatari's are very sensitive and despise aircrew and our sense of humor. They don't share our sense of humor so we have a very regimented skit that takes place in order to process the line. (IE: ID card in right hand, no hats, no sunglasses, no eye contact, no smiling or laughing). A tanker crew ahead of us had a guy who looked just like Alfred E. Newman. He hands the Qatari his ID and politely walks away. He is summoned back by the Qatari cops and placed in a holding cell. The Qatari's decided to deport him and black list him out of the country because he was "funny looking". This is no joke....I saw this take place with my own eyes. He was detained and placed on the first AF mission headed out of country leaving his crew stranded. Can you imagine if the U.S. customs stopped a Qatari and deported them because they were small, cartoon like characters who lacked any sense of personal hygiene and wiped their rear ends with their left hand. The press would have a field day with that.

LAX ER-B Backdoor open. That is All.

Baja.

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Originally Posted by Going2Baja (Post 1409752)

LAX ER-B Backdoor open. That is All.

Baja.

What'r ya sayin'? We need an SFO base?:eek:

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Originally Posted by bluejuice71 (Post 1409495)

Looks pretty cool until you get to the front of the airplane & that nose is not attractive!

Hey, all I care is what does it pay.

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Originally Posted by jiminmem (Post 1409761)

Hey, all I care is what does it pay.

What does it pay and what do the trips look like. I'd ride that fifi.

You saw how senior the 717 went for the hope of having the summer off. I wonder if guys would bid the bigger bus for the time off they'd get when wing cracks were discovered a year in.

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Originally Posted by scambo1 (Post 1409763)

A year in? That's some pretty unwarranted optimism. You must work for Airbus on the side. :cool: