Just to let you know, the DC-9 is, was a Regional Jet

[flyn96]

Neat video of the good old days!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncvTMFL5kxc

 

[Wiggums]

Ok, the guys loading the bags are wearing ties. Things have changed some.

 

[GOULET!]

Every DC-9 pilot at Northwest should watch that video. Ahh the good ole days.

 

[flyn96]

Every DC-9 pilot at Northwest should watch that video. Ahh the good ole days.

That was my hope, especially the ex military guys. A good chuckle none the less!

 

[Capt. Caucasian]

Thank gawd that there is no more smoking on planes.

 

[MGT3]

Love the groovy music!

 

[~~~^~~~]

Every DC-9 pilot at Northwest should watch that video. Ahh the good ole days.

What do you mean? Those "Regional" pilots became NWA pilots through ALPA's merger and fragmentation policy. Back then there was no pesky "portfolio," our union would not stand for it.

 

[jetflier]

The DC9 is a man's airplane, not for fairies.....can you cut it ?

 

[contrail67]

That thing was smoking on takeoff as much then, as it does today...I thought they were just getting old!

 

[jetflier]

That thing was smoking on takeoff as much then, as it does today...I thought they were just getting old!

It's like an airshow, everywhere you go,..."smoke on" !

 

[~~~^~~~]

The DC9 is a man's airplane, not for fairies.....can you cut it ?

Have the rating and yes, I agree with you.

 

[Fly4hire]

The DC9 is a man's airplane, not for fairies.....can you cut it ?

I was DH'ing a few years back when a pax sitting next to me was concerned about a "leak" on the wing (grease streaking from a flap actuator/screw).

I told him the DC9 was kinda of like a Harley - if it's leaking you know it has oil in it. It's when it stops leaking you need to be worried.

For some reason that did not reassure him.........:cartman:

 

[ExAF]

Eat Lunch

The DC9 is a man's airplane, not for fairies.....can you cut it ?

Had a Fed on the jumpseat (on a 9) the other day. He was remarking how the RJs today are so simple to operate that anyone can fly them. Then he said if that was all a pilot had flown and then came to the 9, it would "Eat Their Lunch!":laugh:

 

[Kharma Police]

Had a Fed on the jumpseat (on a 9) the other day. He was remarking how the RJs today are so simple to operate that anyone can fly them. Then he said if that was all a pilot had flown and then came to the 9, it would "Eat Their Lunch!":laugh:

If a Fed said so, it must be true..........

 

[cal73cap]

I was Captain on the DC-9 when I was the ripe old age of 26. It didn't eat my lunch, so I am sure our young RJ pilots could handle it. The hardest thing was reading the enroute charts and setting up all those vor airway radials, what a pain!