Originally Posted by flyboy7974
how will we be able to distinguish between the metal flying the flight, such as a hp airbus versus an us airbus, and especially, an hp 757 versus the us 757 a/c? will one set of flights be in the 2000 range let's say, and the other lower.
Does it matter?
And... point of clarification for all... "metal" is an airline term that comes from the days when airline tickets were hand-written on carbon paper. In order to make the ticket valid, the agent (travel agent or airline) would put the carbon pages over a metal plate (each airline has its own plate) on what is essentially an old-style credit card impression machine. That's where the term "metal" comes from -- not the steel used to build the aircraft.