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S80 767 TOO OLD SHOULD BE RETIRED!!!!



 
 
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Old August 3rd, 2008, 08:59 AM posted to rec.travel.air
EMD
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Default S80 767 TOO OLD SHOULD BE RETIRED!!!!

S80s mostly used by AA and 767s used by AA and it now appears Quantas, are too old and should be retired....

I flew AA 767s to Hawaii from Chicago back in the 80s!!!!!!! I now will only fly the 777 with UA to Hawaii......

I go out of my way to avoid these planes and also the 737s if I can......some 737s are also too old.......

I wrote AA about their S80s to FL and it appears they now use 757s more often....whether my letter
mattered is not important......we have more choices and I use the 757 whenever possible......
AA even uses 767 and a 777 sometimes from Chicago to or from FL.......repositioning possibly.....



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Old August 3rd, 2008, 05:01 PM posted to rec.travel.air
Bob Myers
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Default S80 767 TOO OLD SHOULD BE RETIRED!!!!

"EMD" wrote in message ...

S80s mostly used by AA and 767s used by AA and it
now appears Quantas, are too old and should be retired....


How old are the planes in question? How old is "too old," and on
what basis do you make that judgement? What's your background
in airframe and powerplant maintenance and inspection? What specific
age-related problems do you believe the aircraft you're concerned about
show?

Bob M.
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Old August 3rd, 2008, 05:14 PM posted to rec.travel.air
Mxsmanic
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Default S80 767 TOO OLD SHOULD BE RETIRED!!!!

EMD writes:

S80s mostly used by AA and 767s used by AA and it now appears
Quantas, are too old and should be retired....


There's no such thing as "too old" in aviation.

I flew AA 767s to Hawaii from Chicago back in the 80s!!!!!!!


The U.S. Air Force is still flying 50-year-old B-52s, and they are doing a
fine job. The USAF hasn't replaced them because they are still fulfilling the
roles assigned to them in a satisfactory way. If the military finds "old"
planes adequate to the task, then this is only even more true for commercial
airlines.

I go out of my way to avoid these planes and also the 737s if I
can......some 737s are also too old.......


Ryanair just received a few brand-new 737s a few days ago. Some 737s are old,
some are fresh out of the factory.
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Old August 4th, 2008, 08:16 AM posted to rec.travel.air
mrtravel[_2_]
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Default S80 767 TOO OLD SHOULD BE RETIRED!!!!

EMD wrote:

S80s mostly used by AA and 767s used by AA and it now appears Quantas,
are too old and should be retired....


There is no airline called Quatas

I flew AA 767s to Hawaii from Chicago back in the 80s!!!!!!! I now
will only fly the 777 with UA to Hawaii......
I go out of my way to avoid these planes and also the 737s if I
can......some 737s are also too old.......

I wrote AA about their S80s to FL and it appears they now use 757s more
often....whether my letter
mattered is not important......we have more choices and I use the 757
whenever possible......


Your letter had nothing to do with it. It had nothing to do with the
fuel efficiency of the MD80 versus other planes. Did you NOT read the
reports stating why they were parking the MD80s?


You do realize that there are quite a few 767's that are newer than some
777's? After all, Boeing still makes the 767.

The first 757 was delivered in 1982.
Your posting indicates you won't fly 767s, but seem to have no problems
with 757s.

The 757 first flew February 19, 1982
The 767 first flew September 26, 1981

This seems hardly a basis for refusing to fly the 767 while praising the 757


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Old August 4th, 2008, 08:20 AM posted to rec.travel.air
mrtravel[_2_]
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Default S80 767 TOO OLD SHOULD BE RETIRED!!!!

Mxsmanic wrote:

EMD writes:


S80s mostly used by AA and 767s used by AA and it now appears
Quantas, are too old and should be retired....



There's no such thing as "too old" in aviation.


I flew AA 767s to Hawaii from Chicago back in the 80s!!!!!!!



The U.S. Air Force is still flying 50-year-old B-52s, and they are doing a
fine job. The USAF hasn't replaced them because they are still fulfilling the
roles assigned to them in a satisfactory way. If the military finds "old"
planes adequate to the task, then this is only even more true for commercial
airlines.


Not a good example. Didn't they give WW2 C-rations to people fighting in
VietNam?

In any case, the OP's refusal to fly 737 because of age (first flew
1967) is stupid, since they still make new 737's. It's not a big deal to
find out which model the airline is flying to your destination.
The OP refuses to fly the 767 but loves the 757, even though it first
flew only months after the first 767.
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Old August 4th, 2008, 12:46 PM posted to rec.travel.air
Mxsmanic
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Default S80 767 TOO OLD SHOULD BE RETIRED!!!!

mrtravel writes:

Not a good example. Didn't they give WW2 C-rations to people fighting in
VietNam?


It's an excellent example. Airplanes are not like automobiles. If you
maintained automobiles the way airplanes are maintained, though, you could
drive them for 100 years without any problem at all.

In any case, the OP's refusal to fly 737 because of age (first flew
1967) is stupid, since they still make new 737's. It's not a big deal to
find out which model the airline is flying to your destination.
The OP refuses to fly the 767 but loves the 757, even though it first
flew only months after the first 767.


In any case, it's not very rational to worry about it. I only worry about
aircraft when I have reason to suspect poor maintenance or the fundamental
design of the aircraft.
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Old August 4th, 2008, 09:19 PM posted to rec.travel.air
Buster Hymen
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Default S80 767 TOO OLD SHOULD BE RETIRED!!!!

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

mrtravel writes:

Not a good example. Didn't they give WW2 C-rations to people fighting
in VietNam?


It's an excellent example. Airplanes are not like automobiles. If
you maintained automobiles the way airplanes are maintained, though,
you could drive them for 100 years without any problem at all.

In any case, the OP's refusal to fly 737 because of age (first flew
1967) is stupid, since they still make new 737's. It's not a big deal
to find out which model the airline is flying to your destination.
The OP refuses to fly the 767 but loves the 757, even though it first
flew only months after the first 767.


In any case, it's not very rational to worry about it. I only worry
about aircraft when I have reason to suspect poor maintenance or the
fundamental design of the aircraft.


Anthony, you are a ****ing idiot.

You would not know the difference between a well maintained airplane, a
poorly maintained airplane, or a paper airplane.
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Old August 7th, 2008, 05:55 AM posted to rec.travel.air
yod-yog+ais
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Default S80 767 TOO OLD SHOULD BE RETIRED!!!!

On 8/4/2008 4:46 AM Mxsmanic ignored two million years of human
evolution to write:

I only worry about
aircraft when I have reason to suspect poor maintenance or the fundamental
design of the aircraft.


What you worry about is irrelevant. You don't fly.
 




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