Sink r8

Flew it, loved it, was proud of it, was well paid for it, and would do it again. Anytime, anywhere.

UAL T38 Phlyer

I think it's OK, but not great. I think there might be three reasons for going this route:

1. Time/money. United's airplanes were in bad need of paint, and about half the fleet has the new (2007/8-ish) livery. The merger-paint can literally be done to Ex-CAL jets overnight, for minimal cost. Maybe a month to paint them all.

United's old grey jets can be re-done with this scheme for the same cost as the 2008 livery. The recently painted United jets can stay as-is until due for paint (judging by the last time, about 20 years from now ).

2. Marketing. CAL is/was strong in South America; United was weak. Could this be a way of maintaining the CAL market under a United name in South America? What I am saying is logo-recognition could be a strong marketing tool.

3. Interim. I fully believe this is an interim paint job, and within 2-3 years, something else will be rolled out.

I was surprised Delta did away with the waving-flag paint scheme, which I thought was one of their best...it barely lasted 3 years.

dojetdriver

As you should. Even if it meant traversing the Hebrew highway multiple times in a day.

But come on, admit it. You HAD to surrender just a tad bit of masculinity when you stepped in that plane, as opposed to the other Delta Express painted ones

80ktsClamp

I remember the first time I flew the pink jet (former one... the 757 one). It was my leg, CA was going to do the walk around... up until he saw it.

"I will not be seen outside next to the titty jet. Sorry...I'll do the next one."

Rude, but quite funny at the same time.

forgot to bid

bet he'd done this walk around, and really the forward fuselage requires a lot more attention than any other section.

EWRflyr

The Breast Cancer Awareness plane? Really nice way to let the ego get in the way of a worthy cause if that is the plane you are referring to.

tsquare

The only bad thing about that airplane was that it seemed to have more MCOs on it than any in the fleet. It was amazing to hear the kids in the terminal at MCO when they saw they were flying on the PPG plane.. Yup... what you said. Sink.

tsquare

Sad really...

tsquare

ewwwwwwwwww. That paint job couldn't have gone fast enough

Sink r8

Not really. It was like going to the park with a puppy or a baby. This thing was way cool to kids, and where there is a kid... there is a mother.

Now, the truth is that the kid I was trying to impress most was mine, and her mother is mighty fine.

So no, I can't say I ever saw any adverse effects on my masculinity from flying that 737...