Originally Posted by jrblack

I know some of you like to track the aircraft you fly in, just for the fun of it. Plane-spotters are even more gung-ho (and these days, more arrested).

I decided to write down the tail numbers of my flights this week; it wasn't too hard during the daytime, but at night, I can't see the tails well enough. I imagine bad weather makes it worse.

Is there somewhere on board where the tail number is listed? I was chatting with an FA this evening who said it was listed up front and she would go find it. She brought me a napkin with "4940" written on it.

The other numbers I collected were of the form N###UA, where ### is a three-digit number. So I thought she must be confused. Sure enough, I deplaned in the dark; even tho I couldn't read the tail number, it definitely wasn't 4940.

Ok, UA/aircraft gurus... what do I do? I'm not going to carry binocs with me, so don't go there.