Horrible Aircraft appearances in The Fleet

[AstroLounge]

Has anyone seen the 737 aka "Satan's Chariot" ship number 532? That eyesore of an embarassment is probably the WORST looking aircraft in the skies. I have seen a/c in Third World countries that look better.....and we're talking planes in Africa and South America. Hopefully this "Ghettoliner" is headed to the Desert Graveyard and SOON. If I were waiting to board a flight and THAT PLANE pulled up.......I would seriously question WHAT THE HELL DOES IT LOOK LIKE INSIDE! (It's the one where 1/4 of the paint is peeled off and the rest of it looks like it was used for Target practice in a "Bonnie & Clyde" shootout.). Even the Kettle's would be LEARY .

 

[EMBFA]

A customer asked me if our 767 had just arrived from 1972.

 

[Gio305]

I have seen a/c in Third World countries that look better.....and we're talking planes in Africa and South America.

you make it seem like airlines from those places are low class
it doesnt matter what continent the a/c is from. any 3rd rate airline looks like crap.

 

[BuffaloJoe]

you make it seem like airlines from those places are low class
it doesnt matter what continent the a/c is from. any 3rd rate airline looks like crap.

3rd rate would be good for Tempe. They are more like a "Very-Low Budget" Porn movie from the '70's.

 

[wench1]

A customer asked me if our 767 had just arrived from 1972.

ANd DID you tell Him that it matches our 'NEW COMPUTER SOFTWARE"?
Also from the 70's..

HMMM, wonder If DP's family has a 70's home and 70;s style dress...

 

[soc-hpjester]

Who cares how it looks ? Does it have b-1 engines, low and slow cdl, pack mel, apu bleed and cat 1 ? Now thats a rough -300.

 

[Fly4Free]

ANd DID you tell Him that it matches our 'NEW COMPUTER SOFTWARE"?
Also from the 70's..

HMMM, wonder If DP's family has a 70's home and 70;s style dress...

America West wasn't even around in the 70s.

 

[Weight&Balance]

Who cares how it looks ? Does it have b-1 engines, low and slow cdl, pack mel, apu bleed and cat 1 ? Now thats a rough -300.

N532AU is a former B737-300-LR-B2 derated in 2004-05 to B1 power and aux fuel tank removed.


Was MTOW 138500 now 135000
Was 38300 FOB now 35000

Heritage of USAir.


She is old and reliable bird just that her keepers don't care about her outward appearance no more. Most likely her time to the next check is close and she will go back to the lessor and wait for her next call to duty somewhere else.

 

[EMBFA]

Aw. I always feel sorry for our planes when they are humanized. I feel bad for talking poorly of them because thier owners don't care.

It's really disturbing to see a plane getting scrapped, like a murder.

4 months later

🙁

 

[wench1]

I had a passanger tell me last week, he used to go out of his way to fly US..Now, he AVOIDS us!

He mentioned the 'AGONY' name prior,
all you old timers remember that?

He sees us going the other direction,, CO was once like that-their CEO TURNED IT AROUND>>

DoUgI are YOU LISTENING?

WHAT AN EMBARASSMENT!!!

Shamless :down: :down:

 

[Dont call me Shirley]

He sees us going the other direction,, CO was once like that-their CEO TURNED IT AROUND>>

DoUgI are YOU LISTENING?

WHAT AN EMBARASSMENT!!!

Shamless :down: :down:

CO was once the joke of the industry, not unlike US today. So, maybe, there is hope. Sadly, Neither DP or Kirby are anything like Gordon Bethune. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Bethune
For those of you who have not read "From Worst to First", you should:
http://www.amazon.com/Worst-First-Continen...6458&sr=8-1

Hey, maybe we can get someone to read it to DP and Kirby! 🙂 🙄

 

[N903AW]

CO was once the joke of the industry, not unlike US today. So, maybe, there is hope. Sadly, Neither DP or Kirby are anything like Gordon Bethune. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Bethune
For those of you who have not read "From Worst to First", you should:
http://www.amazon.com/Worst-First-Continen...6458&sr=8-1

Hey, maybe we can get someone to read it to DP and Kirby! 🙂 🙄

I have the book, but it is too depressing to read when, by all appearances, US Airways has surpassed Continental in it's worst days of how bad an airline can be.

 

[EMBFA]

"From Worst To First" is a great book. Need to read it again. Maybe we should send it to Tempe with highlighted passages, particularly the bit about the pizza.

May I also recommend the book "Hard Landing: The Epic Contest for Power and Profits That Plunged the Airlines into Chaos."

 

[N965VJ]

<SNIP> Who cares how it looks ?

Passengers?

Note to Tempe: Ma and Pa Kettle are more inclined to judge whether or not an aircraft is “safeâ€￾ to fly on by outward appearances. Something to think about, as this is your primary customer base now.

 

[N903AW]

Passengers?

Note to Tempe: Ma and Pa Kettle are more inclined to judge whether or not an aircraft is “safeâ€￾ to fly on by outward appearances. Something to think about, as this is your primary customer base now.

Can't look any worse than the cropdusters that buzz their house early on a Saturday morning. Or can it?