Is the MD-80 gone yet?
Apr 27, 2014, 2:45 pm
#91
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I would argue the E175 is better because of the all 2-2 seating. If they had E175s with AVOD they would be the best plane out there!
Apr 27, 2014, 3:04 pm
#92
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The only time I'd really like to have AVOD is for live sporting events - post-season games, college football, and Rangers baseball. But live TV is not something AA offers.
Apr 27, 2014, 5:32 pm
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I really don't understand the fascination of some with AVOD on short flights. It's nice to have something on a long flight across the ocean, but that's the only time I really ever consider tuning in. I'm almost always working on flights (or doing some personal stuff on WiFi flights). I have some downloaded shows and movies on my laptop - and I'm lucky if I get through a 1/2 season of Mad Men over the course of a year.
The only time I'd really like to have AVOD is for live sporting events - post-season games, college football, and Rangers baseball. But live TV is not something AA offers.
The only time I'd really like to have AVOD is for live sporting events - post-season games, college football, and Rangers baseball. But live TV is not something AA offers.
Now WiFi on a CRJ would be nice...
Apr 27, 2014, 8:04 pm
#94
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I really don't understand the fascination of some with AVOD on short flights. It's nice to have something on a long flight across the ocean, but that's the only time I really ever consider tuning in. I'm almost always working on flights (or doing some personal stuff on WiFi flights). I have some downloaded shows and movies on my laptop - and I'm lucky if I get through a 1/2 season of Mad Men over the course of a year.
The only time I'd really like to have AVOD is for live sporting events - post-season games, college football, and Rangers baseball. But live TV is not something AA offers.
The only time I'd really like to have AVOD is for live sporting events - post-season games, college football, and Rangers baseball. But live TV is not something AA offers.
Still, I routinely do DFW > FSD which is 2 hours in an ERJ4. That's one I could certainly use AVOD.
May 11, 2014, 8:25 am
#95
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Last Flight for N7530
Dallas Morning News this morning has an article outlining the last flight for N7530 to the bone yard in Roswell - as well as some metrics around the MD80 overall.
Ill really miss this plane (having flown it about 400 times over the last 6 years). I must have been really lucky - but i have never experienced many mechanical issues - and i love how comfy the seats in first are on the E/F side (6F is my go to).
http://res.dallasnews.com/interactives/2014_May/md80/
Ill really miss this plane (having flown it about 400 times over the last 6 years). I must have been really lucky - but i have never experienced many mechanical issues - and i love how comfy the seats in first are on the E/F side (6F is my go to).
http://res.dallasnews.com/interactives/2014_May/md80/
May 11, 2014, 9:15 am
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Dallas Morning News this morning has an article outlining the last flight for N7530 to the bone yard in Roswell - as well as some metrics around the MD80 overall.
Ill really miss this plane (having flown it about 400 times over the last 6 years). I must have been really lucky - but i have never experienced many mechanical issues - and i love how comfy the seats in first are on the E/F side (6F is my go to).
http://res.dallasnews.com/interactives/2014_May/md80/
Ill really miss this plane (having flown it about 400 times over the last 6 years). I must have been really lucky - but i have never experienced many mechanical issues - and i love how comfy the seats in first are on the E/F side (6F is my go to).
http://res.dallasnews.com/interactives/2014_May/md80/
Glad to see that my STL > DFW are still running these Mad Dogs. ^
I'm young compared to most on here, but I'm quite fond of these planes.
I would always look out my window and ask my parents why we never flew the "shiny planes". (Father preferred other airlines at the time.)
May 11, 2014, 3:23 pm
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May 11, 2014, 7:22 pm
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May 11, 2014, 7:27 pm
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May 11, 2014, 7:37 pm
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I've found there's more variation across individual aircraft than across seat positions or aircraft types. I was on an MD80 from DFW to ORD last year and it was one of the quietest flights I've ever taken. Ever. On anything. Exact same seat on another one two weeks later and I couldn't hear myself think it was so loud.
May 11, 2014, 8:14 pm
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Jan 23, 2015, 7:51 am
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As of this week, AA still has 135 active MD80's
Jan 23, 2015, 7:55 am
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Jan 23, 2015, 8:32 am
#105
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My understanding is the last one is scheduled to leave the fleet sometime in 2017.