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01-13-2011, 08:39 AM

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Grumble

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Originally Posted by FastDEW

Sure it is.... That DC-9 is flying for Delta today and it will be the ride home for the pilots when they drop off the last 320 in the desert!

That's funny.

01-13-2011, 05:12 PM

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Man, my grandparents used to have a Merc like that! A few years back it caught fire in the backlot of a bodyshop.

01-13-2011, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Dougdrvr

Now that's a blast from the past! I actually know the guy on the left in that photo. Flew with him before he got hired at Continental and after he got furloughed. He told me the real story behind the commercial.

That photo was taken at sunrise in front of the main hangar at Stapleton. He said not even a bird was chirping when the director started running around with a bull horn yelling "QUIET...QUIET ON THE SET!!!!"

Later, they were filming the pilots driving the the Mercury Marquis on some roads in the mountains and one of the Captains drove it into a ditch and lost a whole day of shooting.

Given the intent of the ad, that's funny and ironic!

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The jury; 50 commercial airline pilots-professionals with acute sensitivity to motion, vibration and noise.

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The majority rated the Mercury smoother, quieter, easier to handle, more comfortable to drive.

....except for one of the not so sensitive to motion pilots that drove one of our cars into a ditch!

Also, would a poll of 50 European pilots have the same results?

Given that ours was once a respected profession in the public's eyes, that ad was probably effective for the times. Nowadays, people couldn't care less about a car company advertising that one of their models has the endorsement of airline pilots.

01-13-2011, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by FastDEW

Sure it is.... That DC-9 is flying for Delta today and it will be the ride home for the pilots when they drop off the last 320 in the desert!

Let's keep the 320's and drop off the last RJ in the desert.

01-14-2011, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Zapata

...Given that ours was once a respected profession in the public's eyes, that ad was probably effective for the times. Nowadays, people couldn't care less about a car company advertising that one of their models has the endorsement of airline pilots.

The airline pilot was definitely a complete hero in those days and people thought pilots were emblems of all good things. That has changed a lot, but I still occasionally meet people who hold attitudes of pilots as special. If you look closely you can see traces of the old attitudes in Hollywood movies and of course the media loves a "Sully" when they get one.