Originally Posted by
beckoa
Interesting with AS colors on the engine.
I also find that interesting/perplexing, especially with the white vertical stabilizer. I thought it was very weird to see that in the rendering of the Giants livery. I wonder if they can’t actually paint AS logos/names on until they have the SOC?
If that’s the case, it doesn’t seem like a good use of resources to send it back to the paint shop after only a few weeks of being in service. On the other hand, having it sit on the ground all through the holiday week would be an even worse waste of resources, perhaps?
I’m probably totally off base. I know that there were US planes with the AA “America, F* Yeah!” tail before AA/US SOC, they just had to put “Operated by US Airways” by the 1L/R doors.