Originally Posted by jlemon

4. A sailing charter out of Acapulco goes awry and – after eight daze at sea – we wash ashore at Puerto Vallarta. Following a quick shower, a variety of tequila based cocktails and a hot meal – not necessarily in that order – we head out to the airport for our flight up to Los Angeles. Two airlines offer a single nonstop flight – one of them Mexican and the other American. We opt for the US carrier which offers a 4X weekly flight up to Los Angeles. Identify the airline and – if you like – the aircraft used.

Ah, sounds like we have "poor sailors syndrome" here, aided and abetted by enough tequila to sink a catamaran......

Therefore, the Poor Sailors Airline was probably chosen for the flight from PVR to LAX and the aircraft type operated by Pacific Southwest Airlines may well have been a B727-200.

And as for the Mexican carrier, I'll guess this was Mexicana, also with a 72S.

Indeed! Ay - PSA seemed an appropriate airline to fly given the circumstances. The aircraft was a 727-100 - an aircraft which I believe PSA divested itself of in the late 1960s and then brought back via some ex-Northwest birds. The 727-100 would have left PSA's fleet not long after this PVR-LAX flight as new and more fuel efficient DC-9-80s were delivered in the early 80s.