Southwest in 10-20 years
07-19-2017, 12:11 PM
#33
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Originally Posted by e6bpilot
I am quite sure someone in 1987 said the same thing.
He retired in 1980 (before the firings) but the 737 lives on!
07-19-2017, 01:59 PM
#34
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Originally Posted by full of luv
Exactly.... my father worked as ATC in 1969 and remembers when the 737 was first flown into his station (known affectionately by the controllers at the time as the FLUF: Fat Little Ugly Fer).
He retired in 1980 (before the firings) but the 737 lives on!
He retired in 1980 (before the firings) but the 737 lives on!
It's the Dick Clark of airplanes. Plus, it is a 707 from the wing root to the nose. It is true proof that Boeing and airlines give zero Fs what pilots think.
07-23-2017, 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by WHACKMASTER
Having read up on the 797 I am very confident that it will be in our fleet eventually. The sooner the B737 only minded execs retire the sooner this will happen.
Of course, you'll find yourself on a Rio layover with it and they'll still be crew members who'll want to "lobby"
at _____ "Herb time"
Of course, you'll find yourself on a Rio layover with it and they'll still be crew members who'll want to "lobby"
at _____ "Herb time" No, I was planning on atlantic standard time in burbank.
07-23-2017, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Loon
"Local lobby"
No, I was planning on atlantic standard time in burbank.
No, I was planning on atlantic standard time in burbank.
Or my favorite "what's that van time in Herb?"
Oh, you want me to do public math and become somehow culpable in any errors resulting in a late lobby on your part?
My answer - I don't know, dude, I just go by the time on my phone. See, I don't even own a watch.
I assume the same guys asking these questions are the people who still write checks for cash at the front desk.
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