Originally Posted by
ssing
I do not know whether it it just me or something speical about MD80s but each each time I fly AA MD80, I feel a strong smell of gasoline fumes during taxi/on the ground.
It's not you.
I too have taken a few MD80's from BOS and often smell a heavy kerosene-like smell as the plane is taxing towards to the runway. Like others have noted and from what I can discern, it's exhaust entering the cabin via the air-system.