That is American Apparel Airways. Uniforms would get cheaper and the flight attendants would be underage.

Whatever that tail is boys it is going to be different. RIP shiny metal birds I will miss thee.

I'm not certain, but it looks to me like ductwork runs along row 3 (first row of J), row 4 has windows and then the remaining space ahead of the 2L door will be the accessible lav. Row 3 may not have much of a view, but looks desirable nonetheless.

Nope, that's a later A300, after they decided to change the livery to mostly silver. Original, iirc, were as depicted - light grey all over.

The white tail is - interesting, to say the least.

two more pictures of American Airlines N717AN on the flightline.
 

Is that really a white tail? Or is it some sort of protective shrink-wrap?

Look closely... the tail section isn't completely white. It looks like there's some cutouts under the horizontal stabilizer that are grey that make the white look like shrink-wrap. This would make sense if the tail (or at least rudder) have already been painted and they're trying to keep it under "wraps". I made a funny.

http://paineairport.com/images/kpae8592.jpg

I'm hoping they just haven't yet applied the chrome paint and exact same classic livery. Update the inside if you must, but keep the blue. You should know this is coming from someone who's car has a mostly navy blue interior.

This is hot! Rooting for this one!

IMO, it makes AA look like a subsidiary of Aeroflop.

In related news, AA has ordered an additional 77W for a total of 14.

Source: 10-Q filed this morning.

I was hoping that too, but they have applied the registration number and equipment codes already. That means that gray is the base coat we are going to see.

N717AN had its first taxi test and flight. More unobstructed view of the aircraft and take off video.

I kinda like the base paint. ;)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8463/8...9453e350_b.jpg
http://paineairport.com/images/kpae8595.png

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=x-owRtLop08

Those engines sound very nice, different than current ones, at least to my ears.

My 2 cents.....the 'projected' tail logo looks too much like Delta's..hope not !
The LOT 787 wings really arched upward on rotation, thanks for the link.
Its somewhat SAD that AA is so late in the game with airlines like LOT, South China and others already flying the new birds....AA used to be the First to be the Best......

And Korean Air, Virgin Atlantic, Qantas, Qatar, Royal Air Maroc, Royal Jordanian, AeroMexico, Air Canada, Air Pacific, Singapore Air, Thai Airways, Transaero and etc.

True, and ouch.

To be fair, the American airlines haven't exactly been spending the capital on new international birds over the last couple of years. Not every airline can route large amounts of LH traffic through one big hub like most of the airlines above, either.

I've flown on the KL and AF 77W's, and they are nice birds. Hopefully I will get on an AA one sometime soon (hopefully in the new F!).

Whatever the new livery, I am excited to see the AA 77W's in service soon. AA hopefully comes up with a nice, fresh design so that these planes get noticed.