Originally Posted by
number_6
AA doesn't have any MD-88s in their fleet, so zero chance of an MD-88 on LAX-ORD.
Correct.
Originally Posted by
number_6
AA does have hundreds of MD-80s (which are a bit older than MD-88s),
Incorrect. An MD-88
is an MD-80. As are the MD-82's and MD-83's that AA flies.
It's the MD-80
series, of which the MD-81, 82, 83, 87, and 88 are members.