Was recently jumpseating on an AMR Eagle flight and flipping thru their inflight mag. In the back part where it talked about the airplanes AMR + AE flew, e.g. B737, B767, B777, it also described the MD-80 as the "Boeing Super 80."
As far as I'm concerned, an MD-80 is a McDonnell Douglas MD-80, irregardless of the fact Boeing did buy MD in '96. The only thing Boeing about the plane is that Boeing may be responsible for product upkeep. Pretty much all of AMR's MD-80s were delivered by then; they were McDonnell Douglas MD-80s when they rolled off the assembly line; shouldn't they be listed as McDonnell Douglas MD-80s or MD Super 80s now?!?
Along similar lines, my local town paper, whenever they write about the SwissAir 111 crash, they use the term Boeing MD-11 to describe the plane. Once, they even described the plane as a "Boeing-made" MD-11 (that particular MD-11 was NOT manufactured by Boeing, Boeing just acquired MD). This got me ticked enough to write a letter to the editor on the subject, but they still keep on calling it a Boeing MD-11. We don't call the DC-3 a Boeing DC-3. Heck, MD didn't even try to slap their name on that or many other fine Douglas commercial aircraft; they just updated the name beginning with the Super 80. Am I missing something here? Anybody? Alright - thats my rant for the day...
JTrain
As far as I'm concerned, an MD-80 is a McDonnell Douglas MD-80, irregardless of the fact Boeing did buy MD in '96. The only thing Boeing about the plane is that Boeing may be responsible for product upkeep. Pretty much all of AMR's MD-80s were delivered by then; they were McDonnell Douglas MD-80s when they rolled off the assembly line; shouldn't they be listed as McDonnell Douglas MD-80s or MD Super 80s now?!?
Along similar lines, my local town paper, whenever they write about the SwissAir 111 crash, they use the term Boeing MD-11 to describe the plane. Once, they even described the plane as a "Boeing-made" MD-11 (that particular MD-11 was NOT manufactured by Boeing, Boeing just acquired MD). This got me ticked enough to write a letter to the editor on the subject, but they still keep on calling it a Boeing MD-11. We don't call the DC-3 a Boeing DC-3. Heck, MD didn't even try to slap their name on that or many other fine Douglas commercial aircraft; they just updated the name beginning with the Super 80. Am I missing something here? Anybody? Alright - thats my rant for the day...
JTrain