Is the MD-80 gone yet?
Apr 24, 2014, 9:46 pm
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I'm on ORD-LAS AA2427 next Sun on a MD-80.
Apr 24, 2014, 11:24 pm
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Can you use a sound level meter in flight? Would that fall under the banned electronics category? Also, many modern ones have datalogging feature, also electronic. What about frequency (octave band) measurements; they might also be a factor. I do find the sound level data to be very interesting; I wonder if Boeing/Airbus report such numbers. Any problems with TSA bring SLM on board in carry-on?
Seat 6E on an MD80 = 65db
Seat 6A on a 737 = 68db.
Also 11A on a 737 was 68db, so no real difference between F and MCE.
Seat 6A on a 737 = 68db.
Also 11A on a 737 was 68db, so no real difference between F and MCE.
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Apr 25, 2014, 9:15 pm
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Can you use a sound level meter in flight? Would that fall under the banned electronics category? Also, many modern ones have datalogging feature, also electronic. What about frequency (octave band) measurements; they might also be a factor. I do find the sound level data to be very interesting; I wonder if Boeing/Airbus report such numbers. Any problems with TSA bring SLM on board in carry-on?
Apr 26, 2014, 7:17 am
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Test around row 16 on the MD80. I've observed there seems to be a sweet spot of quiet.
Apr 26, 2014, 3:36 pm
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I see the same thing happening for the mad dogs- especially if an RJ or 319 is the replacement.
Apr 26, 2014, 5:27 pm
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If they weren't phasing them out, I'd say it would be mandatory for AA to give them an interior refurb.
Apr 26, 2014, 8:03 pm
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Apr 26, 2014, 8:33 pm
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I was wondering the same thing just the other day -- and lo' and behold -- I'm on an MD80 from ABQ-DFW
Apr 26, 2014, 10:38 pm
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Apr 27, 2014, 1:54 am
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Apr 27, 2014, 2:23 am
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Only 163 of them left in service with AA according to one of the fleet list websites so still some time to enjoy the MD
Apr 27, 2014, 10:06 am
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A 3 db difference in noise between 737 and MD-80 seems pretty small so hopefully we can put to rest the oft repeated falsehood that MD-80s are "whisper quiet" up front in the cruise phase of flight.
Can you use a sound level meter in flight? Would that fall under the banned electronics category? Also, many modern ones have datalogging feature, also electronic. What about frequency (octave band) measurements; they might also be a factor. I do find the sound level data to be very interesting; I wonder if Boeing/Airbus report such numbers.
Any problems with TSA bring SLM on board in carry-on?
My firm used to do a lot of technical consulting on completions. We had staff that traveled with real decibel meters to take readings on aircraft. I don't seem to recall them ever saying they had to check that equipment or that it posed problems at checkpoints.
Apr 27, 2014, 12:13 pm
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Will we like what they replace them with better?
737-800?
A319?
E175?
Various US Airways aircraft?
While I can see some reasons to like the 738 better, particularly on longer flights, I also see some reasons not to like it.
As for the other three, they are IMHO all inferior to those 163 MD80s, and I hope the mad dogs stay flying for some time to come.
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