AA retiring 20 MD-80's in 1day

[Major]

American Airlines are retiring another 20 MD-80's to Roswell. Not a bad effort after about 25 years of service

https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/american-airlines-retiring-20-md-80s-to-roswell/

 

[cove]

Thank goodness AA.
I copped a window seat with the jet engine just outside. Took days for my right ear to get back to normal. That seat should not have been there.

 

[RooFlyer]

They are basically a DC9, aren't they?

 

[serfty]

Thank goodness AA.
I copped a window seat with the jet engine just outside. Took days for my right ear to get back to normal. That seat should not have been there.

Ha! That must have been early on or before your AFF days - never have I sat further back than row 10 on these beasties having had over 40 flights in them.

 

[TomVexille]

Thank goodness AA.
I copped a window seat with the jet engine just outside. Took days for my right ear to get back to normal. That seat should not have been there.

I did that all the time non-reving on AA. They were certainly the bane of my early flying, but I'm rather nostalgic about it all now.

I'll be a little sad to see them go.

 

[cove]

Yes that was pre AFF days.

 

[Paddy55]

Not at all sorry to see the MD80s go - noisiest jet cabin in the air these days. Thank goodness for Noise Cancelling Headphones!

 

[TomVexille]

Not at all sorry to see the MD80s go - noisiest jet cabin in the air these days. Thank goodness for Noise Cancelling Headphones!

They are quite quiet up the front

 

[serfty]

They are quite quiet up the front

Very Quiet - however time moves on I guess ...

 

[JohnPhelan]

They are basically a DC9, aren't they?

Yes, later versions of the original DC-9.

 

[cove]

I hope they don't end up in Australia as they are too noisy.

 

[SYD]

Just did DFW-PVR (ret) in old S80s (nothing particularly 'Super' about them!). Fortunately row 1, but I do recall my very first experience up close and personal with the starboard engine!

 

[Flying Fox]

Thank goodness AA.

I copped a window seat with the jet engine just outside. Took days for my right ear to get back to normal. That seat should not have been there.

Oh my goodness; I've been there too. It was like torture.

Not at all sorry to see the MD80s go - noisiest jet cabin in the air these days. Thank goodness for Noise Cancelling Headphones!

I'm pretty sure no NCH in the world would have made those engines quiet from where I sat!

I hope they don't end up in Australia as they are too noisy.

Isn't the B717 some form of relation to the MD80?

Hopefully AA will get rid of the other MD80's soon!

 

[TomVexille]

Isn't the B717 some form of relation to the MD80?

Yes, it was developed as the MD-95 before Boeing bought McDonnell Douglass.

That's also why AA calls theirs Super 80s. That's the Boeing name for the airframe.