Just booked 9/4 RDU-DFW in F. No longer an ExPlat or loyal to USAir dba AA but super excited to relive and remember the good old AA days. Couldn’t position into STL or get a seat on AA-80 but remembering what could have been with at the old RDU hub (instead of the nightmare that is CLT) is almost as good. If it isn’t red white and blue with brushed aluminum it doesn’t seem like AA to me.

One last time for the quiet, comfortable, MD-80 ... not all progress is forward. And it rides like an airplane ... not a hyperactive computer.

Its an early flight but I’ll be sure to raise a glass in memory of all those boozy ORD-DFW legs on the S80 in first when that was the primary hub-to-hub flight with exception market catering that was still decent!