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And they're welcome to those French P.O.S's-I stopped flying United years ago because of their snotty attitudes and pi$$ poor service.

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airborne party?? did any one take the time to invite the 2 northwest pilot's who over shot their destination a few weeks ago?? they'd be real celebrities!! they will be dressed as barf bags for halloween :vom:

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Stripped and sent for burial in the desert?!? Who writes this crap????? At least in the article itself they said stripped and sent to storage! Do they still teach journalism anywhere? It kind of feels funny to be calling 737's vintage aviation, but I guess that is about where we are with them now! :shock:

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seems wrong to me considering that the 737 is a 10 times better airplane than the airbus.
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Ironic that this article is posted in the "Vintage Aviation" section. None of the airframes United is parking are more than about 22 years old.

Also ironic that they stage a systemwide "celebration" of an event that means little more to it's employees than thousands of layoffs and displacement and or paycuts to thousands more? Contrary to published reports, there are no aircraft on order.....

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[quote="Holedigger"]Stripped and sent for burial in the desert?!? Who writes this crap????? At least in the article itself they said stripped and sent to storage! Do they still teach journalism anywhere? It kind of feels funny to be calling 737's vintage aviation, but I guess that is about where we are with them now! :shock:[/quote

the flight crew was stripped & whipped with a wet noodle :roll:

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Ironic that this article is posted in the "Vintage Aviation" section. None of the airframes United is parking are more than about 22 years old.

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I wonder how many of these just got repainted from the TED scheme ealier this year, or were those all Airbus's?

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Roger Cain wrote:
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Ironic that this article is posted in the "Vintage Aviation" section. None of the airframes United is parking are more than about 22 years old.

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I wonder how many of these just got repainted from the TED scheme ealier this year, or were those all Airbus's?



Ted airplanes were all Airbusses......(what is the plural of Airbus, anyhow?)

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What kills me is seeing them with quickie freighter conversions flying cargo under US Military contract with shady 2 bit operators in the middle east. Still in UAL colors with the logos painted out.
United closed all it's PROFITABLE freight activities cause "not our core business"
But their DC10's old DC8's 737' and 747's are making fortunes for World, Kalitta, etc. etc. etc.
Makes me wanna puke and then give somebody a good kick in the keister.
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Ethan wrote:
seems wrong to me considering that the 737 is a 10 times better airplane than the airbus.

Yeah, it's amazing how stupid all the airlines who are lining up to make the switch must be! :roll:
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Mike wrote:
Ethan wrote:
seems wrong to me considering that the 737 is a 10 times better airplane than the airbus.

Yeah, it's amazing how stupid all the airlines who are lining up to make the switch must be! :roll:


That would be because the accountants run the asylum now, not businessmen or people who actually have a clue how to run an airline.

That would also be why all of the airlines that have large Airbus fleets are in serious financial trouble too. Then again, the second largest (American) is in trouble not because of what it flies, but how it flies them and how it treats both its customers and employees.
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