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All MD-88's to be retired from 2015-2019
Sep 17, 2010, 2:56 pm
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DL MD-88 Retirement Thread
See wiki with info on the fleet retirement.
This thread originally mentioned that they would be retired from 2015-2019.
This thread originally mentioned that they would be retired from 2015-2019.
Last edited by N639DL; Oct 10, 2016 at 9:36 pm
Sep 17, 2010, 3:05 pm
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Sep 17, 2010, 3:46 pm
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Was looking on DL's Wikipedia page and under the Fleet section and with the MD-88, it says that "All to be retired by 2015-2019."
Since they are getting new bins, seating configuration, etc, I guess it'll only last 5 to 9 years. But I am personally glad that they are going. Just like the situation with the AA Mad Dogs, their time has come. I know there is still 5 to 9 years until it's completely gone, but it's good to know their timeframe for exit.
Hopefully DL will stick to what they say (unlike what's going on with the DC-9 situation..there is still a -30 flying revenue flights subbing for a -40 (and they were supposed to go a while ago but got pushed until 2011.)
Since they are getting new bins, seating configuration, etc, I guess it'll only last 5 to 9 years. But I am personally glad that they are going. Just like the situation with the AA Mad Dogs, their time has come. I know there is still 5 to 9 years until it's completely gone, but it's good to know their timeframe for exit.
Hopefully DL will stick to what they say (unlike what's going on with the DC-9 situation..there is still a -30 flying revenue flights subbing for a -40 (and they were supposed to go a while ago but got pushed until 2011.)
Sep 17, 2010, 4:31 pm
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I suspect the Wikipedia entry is more or less about the DCs. Unless DL is going to get one of their Regionals to buy a ton of larger CRJ900/1000 or E190/195 I don't see how they could replace the MD fleet.
Good riddance to the entire DC/MD fleet. They are absurdly noisy as they fly overhead.
Good riddance to the entire DC/MD fleet. They are absurdly noisy as they fly overhead.
Sep 17, 2010, 4:38 pm
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Hey, the sound of DC-9's taking off from FAR is how I knew whether I was on time for my morning classes when I was an undergrad at North Dakota State. (My dorm was right under their flight path less than 0.5 miles from the end of the runway.)
Sep 17, 2010, 5:31 pm
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You could feel the planes coming, even before you could hear them! The TV picture (broadcast, not cable) would get wobbly & wavy, then that glorious sound.... You could hear planes taking off way before you could see them, then follow them for quite a while, with their small smoke trails pointing the way.
Not PC, not environmentally sensitive, but FANTASTIC all the same.
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4B for me. 
It's not even a level 1 rumor until it's been on airliners.net. Gimme a couple of minutes, and I'll start a new thread over there.
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It's not even a level 1 rumor until it's been on airliners.net. Gimme a couple of minutes, and I'll start a new thread over there.
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Sep 17, 2010, 8:18 pm
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For my flying (mostly leisure), the MD's are the best domestic a/c IMO. I LOVE having the option of a seat on the "2" side in coach on a mainline a/c! And I've always thought the DC9/MD80 series a/c cruise much more smoothly than other a/c, even to this day. Plus, nothing's better than nearly-silent takeoff in the FC cabin of a looooong a/c with engines in the rear!
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