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!

 

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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!

 

[IXLR8]

A. the guys with the ties loading the bags...nice.
B. the f/a is "smiling"....what?
C. I just saw that same a/c land at MSP!!
4. I am sooo glad they got rid of smoking on aircraft.

 

[STL717]

Fares were high and set by the CAB.

Most people were still riding on trains.

 

[WabiSabi]

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:

It sure is funny how these sayings are reapplied to "new" airplanes. "If there's no leak, then there's no (insert fluid here) in it" is way more true in the DC-3. Who knows? Maybe the the guys flying these rolled their eyes when when the wimpy closed cockpit DC-3 pilots would talk similarly of their "new fangled" airplane

 

[AAbyDefault]

Those days are back, back, back,back, back, back......gone!!!!

 

[ExAF]

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!

There's nothing funnier than watching a "new" Captain coming from the 75 or the Airbus after flying glass for 6-8 years. It's like watching a monkey ****ing a football while they flail with the enroute chart and bitch about the VOR radial oscilating +- 5 degrees. Even better when ATC asks "Where you goin?" Ans, "I show centered on course." Reply, "I show you x miles south." Ans, "Well it is a DC-9!" Gotta love it!:laugh:

PS. I can't wait to go back to the bus so I don't have to deal with it any more.

 

[CoolSidePillow]

There's nothing funnier than watching a "new" Captain coming from the 75 or the Airbus after flying glass for 6-8 years. It's like watching a monkey ****ing a football while they flail with the enroute chart and bitch about the VOR radial oscilating +- 5 degrees. Even better when ATC asks "Where you goin?" Ans, "I show centered on course." Reply, "I show you x miles south." Ans, "Well it is a DC-9!" Gotta love it!:laugh:

PS. I can't wait to go back to the bus so I don't have to deal with it any more.

How often do you watch monkeys fornicating with sporting goods to be able to recognize it so easily?

 

[Occam's Razor]

How often do you watch monkeys fornicating with sporting goods to be able to recognize it so easily?

Well...this one time at Band Camp...

 

[PhatAJ2008]

Sweet video! Wish it was still that way today...

 

[Mamma]

I think I saw FA Carol Clark working on my last Northwest trip! The decades have treated her well!

 

[ExAF]

How often do you watch monkeys fornicating with sporting goods to be able to recognize it so easily?

I never said fornicating. Get your mind out of the gutter! There are plenty of 4-letter words that have nothing to do with fornicating. You must have fornicating monkeys on the brain or something. Maybe you want to be a DC-9 Captain. You so funny...you make me laugh long time.

 

[atafan]

Steam driven DC-9s and Sims with a pen drawing your route on paper, Doppler and that fancy new navigating box called Omega.

I don't miss it that much.

Remember, today is the good old days you'll be talking about in years to come. You know....

"Can you believe it we actually burned kerosene in our planes that needed two people called pilots to fly them".....:laugh:

 

[Snapshot]

Did you notice Dr. Evil's henchman driving the bag cart?