Mikephotos From United States of America, joined Oct 2000, 2923 posts, RR: 56 Reply 1, posted (12 years 5 months 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 965 times:
ContinentalEWR From United States of America, joined May 2000, 3762 posts, RR: 15 Reply 2, posted (12 years 5 months 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 959 times:
Nope, they're still in the fleet. I flew on one from PIT to MIA and from PIT to LGA in July. They are all in the old,
USAir livery as they are being phased out eventually. I
did notice that the interiors had been redone though in
the same scheme as the rest of the fleet.
US Airways' MD80's are nasty. The two I flew were
filthy. There was no space in the overheads and they
were really showing their age. These are some of the
first MD80's to roll off the Long Beach assembly line.
Watewate From Canada, joined Nov 2000, 2283 posts, RR: 2 Reply 3, posted (12 years 5 months 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 952 times:
Agreed, I was surprised to see the old livery on their MDs in YYZ. I flew them to PHL twice, and they aren't no where as pleasant as the new 737s or A32Xs but they weren't terrible. But they have have to do something about their old livery.
FFMilesJunkie From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (12 years 5 months 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 918 times:
US still has 29 MD-81/ 82's. They are slowly retiring them as more A319, 320, and 321's come online. They retired 2 this year, and more should be retired next year.
N-156F From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 5, posted (12 years 5 months 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 917 times:
US needs to get rid of its -80s. They're a great airline, but they just don't care about those planes anymore. I say hurry up and get those 32Xs online.
King767 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 6, posted (12 years 5 months 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 901 times:
Yea, two years ago I flew MCO-LGA on a US -80 and boy it was out of shape. A number of the rows of seats, including mine would not recline at all! And those things are REALLY loud in back.
Mr. T
USAFHummer From United States of America, joined May 2000, 10685 posts, RR: 54 Reply 8, posted (12 years 5 months 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 874 times:
I have flown on every aircraft in US's mainline fleet except the A330 and I find that the MD-80's are the second worst, behind their fathers in the fleet, the DC-9. The seats are so cramped, they are filthy, the rear of the aircraft on the outside is absolutely disgusting (although the DC-9's are worse). The F-100 I found to be incredibly clean and comfortable, and I would like to see the MD-80's and DC-9's replaced with 717's, and keep the F-100, although this is HIGHLY unlikely.
Greg
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Ironchain15 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 10, posted (12 years 5 months 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 843 times:
US still flies MD-80's into and out of MCI (Kansas City). I flew on an MD-82 from MCO to CLT and an MD-81 from CLT to MCI. All of their -80's are ex-PSA aircraft, my favorite airline. I can still picture those smiles on the planes.
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