Akira 0 Posted November 18, 2005 Quote[/b] ]The MD-90 was looking to be a good plane, and a worthy successor to the MD-80 and DC-9. God I love the DC-9. My first plane ride was on one of those. Oh the memories. I am not a big fan of the DC-9 series or derivities, and I could not give you any academic or verifiable reason why. I've flown on WAY too many "S-80"s with American and their ex-TWA partners. I wish American had adopted the 737 for domestic. Course Boeing must have liked it if they "developed" the 717..basically a glorified DC-9. Quote[/b] ]The only area the A380 will be useful in is freight, and Boeing is the king of the freight market. I have no doubt that UPS or Fed Ex (I forgot which one ordered them) will make a killing of them. You almost have to be a bone head to not make money on frieght. Its possible the A380 may succeed in the hub to hub market in Asia or Asia-Europe, but again, I'm certainly no "expert" (just been working and studying for a few odd years)...I just think Airbus has to prove their concept, while Boeing has less to lose. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Student Pilot 0 Posted November 18, 2005 Quote[/b] ]Course Boeing must have liked it if they "developed" the 717..basically a glorified DC-9. I never understood Boeing's developement of the 717. They developed it right when the regional carriers started going. The 717 was destined for failure. Quote[/b] ]I have no doubt that UPS or Fed Ex (I forgot which one ordered them) will make a killing of them. It was Fed-Ex. I have no doubt, either. However, Airbus is doing something dumb again and developing the passenger version first. The freighter version won't be available until after the passenger version has been in service for some time. -Pilot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shinRaiden 0 Posted November 18, 2005 My dad has this story... One time he had to fly out of Philidelphia PA one fine day, which is a crappy place to fly out of, with massive major metro airspaces with the NY and DC airports squeezed all around it. The flight was a mostly empty DC-10. They sat on the end of the runway for an eternally long time waiting for a slot up and over the other airspaces. The pilot finally announced "Ladies and gentleman, we've just recieved our slot from the FAA. It's straight up. We're taking it" and pegged all three throttles. And the plane's mostly empty with only a partial fuel load. You get the idea, everything not bolted down got stuffed in the back two rows on takeoff. Anyways, the 717 reasoning is real simple, union contracts. Harry needed time to settle in and move his MD defense cronies into Boeing's commerical slots. The 717 was only a pawn in that mess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Student Pilot 0 Posted November 18, 2005 Quote[/b] ]My dad has this story...One time he had to fly out of Philidelphia PA I can tell already that this won't be good... Philidelphia is a mess. I only went through that city once, and I don't want to do it again. I don't know what was worse, Chicago or Philidelphia. Quote[/b] ]Anyways, the 717 reasoning is real simple, union contracts. What do you have against Boeing? I'm not saying this to slander you, I honestly want to know. You seem to attribute everything to decieving the unions. Your comments appear to me to be almost like a conspiracy theory. -Pilot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Necromancer- 0 Posted November 19, 2005 The pilot finally announced "Ladies and gentleman, we've just recieved our slot from the FAA. It's straight up. We're taking it" and pegged all three throttles. And the plane's mostly empty with only a partial fuel load. You get the idea, everything not bolted down got stuffed in the back two rows on takeoff. Must be one hell of a ride. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
