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Feb 15, 2006 | 9:59 am

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sbagdon

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Originally Posted by nwdc10

The DC-9 is a great aircraft. Built by Douglas to be as tough as a tank. I am not sure where you got your info on the mechanical delays above but the people at NW that I know, as well as first hand experience, say that the DC-9 is one of the more, if not most, reliable planes in the fleet. I can not recall a mechanical delay on my dozens of DC-9 flights in the last couple of years.

I'm almost tempted to upload a picture phone pic of walking up to my ORD-DTW flight, and finding one of the mechanics waist-deep into the nose cone. DC9 mechanics do happen. Fly DTW-ORD, and you *will* be impacted, sooner or later.

Steve B.

Last edited by sbagdon; Feb 15, 2006 at 10:21 am