American...Airbus?...Announcement Oct 6th?

[Dornier 335]

Who was quoted saying American would never operate another Airbus product? Was it Crandall or Papa Don Carty? I don't remember.

Where did those A300s come from? Pan Am? Eastern?

 

[skidbuggy]

Neither... they were built specifically for AA. The AA Airbus A300's were the 600R if I recall. The Pan Am and Eastern jets were of the -B2 series. An earlier generation with analog and a third seat. Someone here might have have more detailed info than my limited knowledge on history and aviation.

 

[johnsonrod]

757s? Why worry about the 757s now? The 757ERs are probably working well on the thinner Euro flights. I assume they are looking domestically.

How about look at the grubby, maintenance-hog MD80s? Talk about fuel inefficient. Plus, they look so old and worn inside - not impressive at all. I would think a big Boeing order of 800s and 900ERs to replace the MD80s (how many MD80s does AA have now - 250 MD80s?) and 757s would make a lot more sense. Why introduce a new type rating to the mix?

The only way I could see adding the A321 would be for a really huge order of A320s (MD80 replacement) and A321s (maybe domestic 757s) to justify a new type rating and operating experience. Those A320s/21s would probably fit well with Jet Blue's fleet.... But I guess those decisions are waaaaaaaay over my pay range.

 

[spacecadet1]

Merger with Virgin America. Carty's coming back. He hadn't screwed up AA enough. It's gonna be ugly; get out that KY jelly!

 

[MD11Drvr]

This is kinda funny, a urinary olympics about which "twin" is better. Not to be a smarta** but I would rather anything made in North America over Euro beer cans at 370.