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02-12-2012, 07:53 AM
#41
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Originally Posted by Ottopilot
Only UAL calls 737's guppies. I'm not sure why. The -500 looks like one, but the other 200 planes don't. I had a little A319 call my -900ER a guppy in SFO.
02-12-2012, 10:45 AM
#42
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Joined APC: Mar 2006
Position: guppy CA
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Originally Posted by TacoTurbine
I never understood "guppy" to used in derogatory sense at UAL, rather as a term of endearment - a habit that will die hard hopefully.
02-12-2012, 11:01 AM
#43
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Position: 787 Capt.
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I don't find FIFI offensive either. I am secure in my masculinity so you can call the French Biiiiaaaach anything you want. It is still more quiet and comfortable than almost everything with a yoke in it.
02-12-2012, 11:27 AM
#44
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Position: 737 CA
Posts: 2,575
Originally Posted by A320
I love how the 737-900 is alway being compared as an equal to the 757. How come LCAL doesn't fly it across the Atlantic then? it's because the -900 isn't the same and isn't capable. Oh ya, the 757 isn't the best plane to cross the Atlantic either with the fuel stops that are widely reported. How often has any model of the 767, 777, A330, or 747 ever had to stop for fuel coming back to the east coast of the US?
The Guppy is an awesome plane though. I spent 11 years on it. It is like my Harley Softtail. Fun on short rides but sucks if you are strapped to it for 5 hours straight. My rear end would get used to it nicely at SWA rates I have to admit.
The Guppy is an awesome plane though. I spent 11 years on it. It is like my Harley Softtail. Fun on short rides but sucks if you are strapped to it for 5 hours straight. My rear end would get used to it nicely at SWA rates I have to admit.
I did lots of Berlin and Barcelona to EWR in the 757 and never stopped for fuel. The "Guppy" is short and fat, the 737-800/900 doesn't fit that description anymore. The -500/700 does. I don't see the term "guppy" as negative either. I just never use the term, nor have I ever heard it on CAL property. I have no platform here, nor do I care about the term.
02-13-2012, 06:34 AM
#46
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Joined APC: Jun 2008
Position: 737 CAPT
Posts: 1,882
Originally Posted by A320
I love how the 737-900 is alway being compared as an equal to the 757. How come LCAL doesn't fly it across the Atlantic then? it's because the -900 isn't the same and isn't capable. Oh ya, the 757 isn't the best plane to cross the Atlantic either with the fuel stops that are widely reported. How often has any model of the 767, 777, A330, or 747 ever had to stop for fuel coming back to the east coast of the US?
The Guppy is an awesome plane though. I spent 11 years on it. It is like my Harley Softtail. Fun on short rides but sucks if you are strapped to it for 5 hours straight. My rear end would get used to it nicely at SWA rates I have to admit.
The Guppy is an awesome plane though. I spent 11 years on it. It is like my Harley Softtail. Fun on short rides but sucks if you are strapped to it for 5 hours straight. My rear end would get used to it nicely at SWA rates I have to admit.
I don't know of any CAL pilot who views the 737-900 as being equal to the 757-200. They aren't. While we say the seating is the same, they are not even close in mission capabilities. We recognize that. However, convincing management of this is something completely different.
I agree with you though that the 737 cockpit is not well designed for long flights (or flight bags either for that matter). My favorite line ever from a SW captain several years ago when jumpseating on SW right around the time they started their east coast expansion and longer haul flights:
"We have to head across the country to LAS (out of BWI). My two-hour a** won't do well on a five-hour flight!"
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