Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1465449)

His other eye raising comment is that he is "short ... on unions." He mentioned US labor's efforts to fight cabotage are wasted since European carriers are mostly unionized also.

Hmmm.

Originally Posted by MrBojangles (Post 1465457)

Does anyone know if the mad dog can be fitted with a one piece O2/smoke goggle combo like the rest of the airline has, or are we stuck with the two piece? I'm not a fan of it especially in the wake of reading the UPS6 report and the testing of the two piece vs. one piece after the accident.

Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1465472)

i'd love to have it but le me guess that won't get it unless the FAA mandates it.

Originally Posted by MrBojangles (Post 1465457)

Does anyone know if the mad dog can be fitted with a one piece O2/smoke goggle combo like the rest of the airline has, or are we stuck with the two piece? I'm not a fan of it especially in the wake of reading the UPS6 report and the testing of the two piece vs. one piece after the accident.

Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1465215)

That's because at Douglas, a lot of thought went into the toilet.

Nearly no thought went into the:

• Wing - oh we already have one of those
• Flight Controls - worked in 1960, it will work today
• Brakes - carry over
• Nose Wheel Steering - see brakes
• Engines - Gulfstream's got that worked out - just copy their data and send it in
• Avionics - Hey what did we do with that MD-11 stuff that didn't sell? Well, use it.
• Hydraulics - we're proud of the fact you don't need the system, but we stuck some DC-10-30 parts in there for good measure, what could go wrong?

The toilet was new, probably because they had to stick a smoke detector in there and decided to finally get rid of the honeybucket on cave wall drawings they were using. Around Douglas, that's exciting stuff! I mean, in Chariots of the Gods they thought this was an ancient astronaut. They just got the orientation wrong ... it is really supposed to be a First Officer looking through a periscope to ensure the mains are down following a hydraulic failure with all the passenger's carry ons piled on top.

Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1465480)

DOUGLAS????

DAMMIT BAR IT'S A BOEING!!!! IT SAYS BOEING! BOEING!!! I NOW FLY A BOEING!!!! LEAVE ME ALONE.

Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1465476)

OK. I got the diagram. So which part do you want to change?


Ask yourself, has it changed in the last 57 years? Then no, it isn't likely to change now.

Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1465449)

In other news, I was researching the DOJ's opposition to the AA/US merger and ran across this:

Richard Anderson on mergers, acquisitions and foreign ownership - view from the top - companies - FT.com

In this interview of Mr. Anderson just prior to our corporate closure on the NWA merger he makes a number of prognostications which have been correct, including short on fuel prices & commodities, long on New York airports and still considering what to do with Mesaba, Comair and Compass. What made his observations interesting is his support for foreign ownership of US carriers. Mr. Anderson points out that foreign entities, such as Airbus and Bombardier are already huge invested money players in US carriers. His other eye raising comment is that he is "short ... on unions." He mentioned US labor's efforts to fight cabotage are wasted since European carriers are mostly unionized also.

Hmmm.