It gives you a bit of an insight about the aircraft, with it being retired and how this will effect the airline and certain employees who fly this.
I never knew pilots over 60 in the US could be no higher than second-officers (flight engineers). This sounds a bit stupid and as long as the pilots are fit and well and under-go regular medicals, there should be no concerns about them flying as captains or first-officers.
Is there a similar rule in Europe, or would this be classifed as Age Disciminaton?
It also asks the infamous question about the DC-9's!
DABTH From Germany, joined Aug 2005, 66 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (6 years 10 months 3 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 2675 times:
Quite sad to see them go...will miss them at FRA.
Also this is sad for the remaining flight egineers. Hopefully most will get a job on those 742s... regards
FLALEFTY From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 390 posts, RR: 3 Reply 2, posted (6 years 10 months 3 weeks 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 2527 times:
Thanks for sharing the article.
Wow! A 6,100 gallon-per-trip fuel burn difference between the DC-10-30 and A330 on the MSP-AMS route! That adds up pretty fast.
While it is sad to see the DC-10s leave front-line passenger service, I think their 34-year run is very impressive.
Warreng24 From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 683 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (6 years 10 months 3 weeks 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 2457 times:
I love the quote:
"The DC10 is a reliable airplane, fun to fly, roomy and quiet, kind of like flying an old Cadillac Fleetwood," says Wade Blaufuss, spokesman for the Northwest chapter of the Air Line Pilots Association. "We're sad to see an old friend go."
"When we landed them in Europe, guys from other airlines would come over and look at them," Blaufuss says. "You don't see them much anymore. They're kind of antiques."
Really sums it all up. These newer planes, they don't have the character of the older L1011's, DC10's, 727's, 720's, 707's.
Long live the DC-10! Long live the classic tri-jet's!
MMEPHX From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (6 years 10 months 3 weeks 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 2382 times:
Sad to see the old girl go but if its a 6,100 gallon saving per trip it's inevitable. I figure NWA has about 13 daily trips across the Atlantic (AMS/CDG/LGW) at $2 gallon thats about $58M a year one-way saving for an A330 over a DC10 on all routes. $115M+ a year if you figure the round trip. Hard to ignore that kind of money.
NWA claim a 30% saving for a new A330 over a DC10..easy to see the economics of the decision, even if a little more character is about to leave the passenger skies.
RMD11 From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 63 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (6 years 10 months 3 weeks 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 2261 times:
Might be going to HNL in december hope to hop on one, btw what other routesare they used on?
OzarkD9S From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 4681 posts, RR: 23 Reply 6, posted (6 years 10 months 3 weeks 5 days ago) and read 2235 times:
"The DC-9 fleet has an average age of 40 years"
DC-9-10's came out in 1965, the -30 after that. ALL of NW's DC-9's would have had to have been delivered between '65 and '67 for that statement to be true. I find it highly unlikely.
Isitsafenow From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 4984 posts, RR: 26 Reply 7, posted (6 years 10 months 3 weeks 5 days ago) and read 2206 times:
Quoting OzarkD9S (Reply 6): DC-9-10's came out in 1965, the -30 after that. ALL of NW's DC-9's would have had to have been delivered between '65 and '67 for that statement to be true. I find it highly unlikely.
I can back you up there. The oldest DC 9 NW has in service in N8920E, a former
Eastern bird, built in January of 67. I saw N8921E at DTW last week.
safe
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OzarkD9S From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 4681 posts, RR: 23 Reply 8, posted (6 years 10 months 3 weeks 5 days ago) and read 2205 times:
I can back you up there. The oldest DC 9 NW has in service in N8920E, a former
Eastern bird, built in January of 67. I saw N8921E at DTW last week.
safe
I figured as much...35 years, MAYBE...40? No way.
Thanks.
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