New AA Livery to be announced shortly

[Always deferred]

Several leaks on Airliners.net.

Not sure how I feel about the look of the new planes...Especially the tail.

Thoughts?

 

[Scrapdog]

Several leaks on Airliners.net.

Not sure how I feel about the look of the new planes...Especially the tail.

Thoughts?

Sounds like they got their priorities in the right place at least. :erm:

 

[n757st]

 

[Fliteidol]

First impression......yuck!

 

[Saluki Dawg]

Hideous tail! Who designed that thing. The new Logo looks pretty good, but why didn't they put the new logo on the tail? The tail is way over the top and looks like a bar code instead of an American Flag. They should've just done what United did and just toss the American name on the current US Airways livery.

 

[Data]

Did ASA have a hand in this? Must have been the same group that came up with the SureJet thing.

 

[ackattacker]

Yuck. No class or stateliness... Garish and about as subtle as a sledgehammer.

 

[GogglesPisano]

The one thing that's been consistent throughout the decades, and now it's gone.

 

[Always deferred]

Looks like Greyhound meets Cubana Air.

 

[UnableDirect]

US Airways... please come fix this soon!!!

 

[labbats]

Why is it that every bankrupt airline can't afford to pay its agreed contracts with labor, but has enough to repaint the fleet?

 

[Blueridgeflyer]

I think it looks pretty nice actually.

 

[flygirl556]

Did ASA have a hand in this? Must have been the same group that came up with the SureJet thing.

That's exactly what I was thinking.

 

[LaGarbage Man]

Obviously everybody has different taste. I for one don't think it looks bad. The patriotic side of me always liked the flag on the tail of North American's aircraft and the new AA livery kind of reminds me of that. To each his own I guess.

 

[dollacrackho]

I watched the new American video on their website. Horton looks likes he's aged 10 years during this process. I guess treating employees like crap and lying to yourself prematurely ages a person.

 

[bri5150]

Considering how pilots hate change, the fact that some on here actually like it means it's pretty good. On a side note, I guess the merged company will still be American. I would have put money on American Airways.

 

[skidbuggy]

O' how the mighty have fallen.....

Sad... Sad... Sad....

 

[Turtle21]

W.t.f?

 

[redflyer65]

I like the lettering down the side, but the tail is pretty hideous.

 

[SWAdude]

I like the lettering down the side, but the tail is pretty hideous.

I was thinking the same thing.

They were the last of the nice looking livery left IMO.

My favorite was the last TWA paint job. My least favorite was the United dark gray on dark blue.

 

[drinksonme]

Colgan SAAB becomes AA 777.....new age stuff sucks. I like logo, tail looks like it should be on regional

 

[TMMT]

Dear God WHY, WHY, WHY!!!! uke:

Its a Cubana Airlines rip off...

http://www.aa.com/newamerican

 

[i fly boxes]

I like it

 

[TMMT]

It looks like they took all of 15 minutes to come up with it... tail looks tacky, cheap... plastering the name brand along the fuselage is just a lack of creativity, copying what has been done before...

 

[johnsonrod]

It's OK. I think they could have done more with it. The challenge will be maintaining the look of the flag on the junky MD80s that tend to have very sooty/dirty tails. Those flags will look black after awhile.

I do agree it looks like the Cubana paint scheme.

 

[Dash Power]

Dear God WHY, WHY, WHY!!!! uke:

Its a Cubana Airlines rip off...

http://www.aa.com/newamerican

Thanks for the video.

I guess some will like it. My guess is most won't. Why is it so difficult for an airline to have a nice looking paint job?

 

[johnsonrod]

Thanks for the video.

I guess some will like it. My guess is most won't. Why is it so difficult for an airline to have a nice looking paint job?

I agree - I actually preferred the SWA corndog look to the newer blue + corndog look. I liked the orange and brown combo! I also liked the Orca Seaworld paint job at SWA...

 

[TMMT]

http://images2.jetphotos.net/img/4/0/7/0/30706_1358435070.jpg

 

[ASA_Aviator]

Considering how pilots hate change, the fact that some on here actually like it means it's pretty good. On a side note, I guess the merged company will still be American. I would have put money on American Airways.

In 20 years, when it changes again, everyone will be all up in arms. You can't change the livery!!!

Some pilots are creatures of habit. Change pisses them off.

 

[Diesel-9]

Why don't they let the aviators pick the airplane paint job. We have to look at it daily. I don't get to go into headquarters and pick awful looking designs for them to work in. This pick is gross and must be in last place in the voting.