Its official and ugly, new UA livery, first a/c painted
Sep 30, 2010, 9:39 am
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It's okay
I've seen far worse logos, like America West's Jurassic Park-esque font and Northwest's lower-case "nwa" (which made me think "Straight Outta Compton"). This one is just blah.
The globe is the weaker part of it; you couldn't use the tulip with another company unless its name began with "U," while the globe could represent just about any organization doing business on more than one continent. It also bugs me a little that on a 737, it doesn't fill out the tail.
But like everybody else has said, I'll gladly trade you the tulip on the outside of the plane for E+ and Channel 9 on the inside.
FWIW, the old gray United livery doesn't do much for me either. The small-caps lettering evokes mid-1990s resumes, and the gray looks dingy these days. My wife's comment on seeing a new-livery plane at SFO that had a panel on an engine cowling in the old livery: "It looks like the engine's been patched with duct tape."
The globe is the weaker part of it; you couldn't use the tulip with another company unless its name began with "U," while the globe could represent just about any organization doing business on more than one continent. It also bugs me a little that on a 737, it doesn't fill out the tail.
But like everybody else has said, I'll gladly trade you the tulip on the outside of the plane for E+ and Channel 9 on the inside.
FWIW, the old gray United livery doesn't do much for me either. The small-caps lettering evokes mid-1990s resumes, and the gray looks dingy these days. My wife's comment on seeing a new-livery plane at SFO that had a panel on an engine cowling in the old livery: "It looks like the engine's been patched with duct tape."
Sep 30, 2010, 9:46 am
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But like everybody else has said, I'll gladly trade you the tulip on the outside of the plane for E+ and Channel 9 on the inside.
Sep 30, 2010, 10:38 am
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Sep 30, 2010, 10:43 am
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Sep 30, 2010, 10:52 am
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Sep 30, 2010, 11:18 am
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There will be three 737 aircraft arriving in Houston tonight with the new paint scheme -- in preparation for whatever is going to happen tomorrow. A total of five lines are being set up in AMA for repainting of aircraft. They want to get this d
ne fast!
Oh -- and the picture from above is real was taken at AMA.
ne fast!Oh -- and the picture from above is real was taken at AMA.
Sep 30, 2010, 11:35 am
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First flight in new livery is tomorrow.
Ship #442 is leaving Houston tomorrow at 835AM as CO346 arriving in Chicago at 1115AM!!
Ship #442 is leaving Houston tomorrow at 835AM as CO346 arriving in Chicago at 1115AM!!
Sep 30, 2010, 11:41 am
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Sep 30, 2010, 11:41 am
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Jeff has made it very clear: Planes will be painted very quickly Gordon style. It will be done in CO fashion, no bureaucracy, they will start immediately and get it done. 5 lines are already up and it will take the planes out of traffic for 3-4 days
Sep 30, 2010, 12:28 pm
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Sep 30, 2010, 1:17 pm
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3-4 days is fine. I was making a point to say that no, it could not be in service today and on the line painted by announcement TOMORROW. By Monday? Oh yea.
Sep 30, 2010, 1:20 pm
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CO's current mainline fleet is about 340 aircraft. With the numbers above it looks like they'll be able to average a little more than one aircraft per day thorugh the repaint process once its up and running. I don't know if the shop will be working on weekends, but in any case It will likely be more than a year to repaint the mainline CO fleet and then another large chink of time to paint the RJs and props.
Sep 30, 2010, 1:26 pm
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CO's current mainline fleet is about 340 aircraft. With the numbers above it looks like they'll be able to average a little more than one aircraft per day thorugh the repaint process once its up and running. I don't know if the shop will be working on weekends, but in any case It will likely be more than a year to repaint the mainline CO fleet and then another large chink of time to paint the RJs and props.
The UA planes will take 3-4 days and trust me, the repaint will happen very quickly
Sep 30, 2010, 2:50 pm
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It may happen quickly but it ain't startin' tomorrow. The merged carrier hasn't chosed a paint supplier yet as presentations of the requested samples are being made next week to Smisek.