FlySooner9
Well-Known Member
little underwhelmed by the so called "silver" paint. In those pics of the 737 looks just plain gray.
AA New Paint
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gotWXdagain
Polished Member
I'm sorry, are we pilots or do we drive Greyhound busses? Because that scheme belongs on the side of a bus.
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That designer's a 'nucklheeeead.
Maximilian_Jenius
Super User
Someone has a self inflated sense of purpose, the sheer arrogance of pilots. You're not white collar, you're blue.
You go to work and you transport X amount of people from point A to point B and you do it safely. Whatever paint scheme is on the side of the plane doesn't matter, and totally has no effect on your job performance, safety or morale.
You are a bus driver (a transporter), you do "drive" Greyhounds in the sky.
Get over yourself!
ShyFlyer
CAP Member
This is like SureJet all over again...only in visual form. 
It's interesting that people like that can create something on their own that is far and away better than what a design firm created for what probably amounted to millions of dollars.
I'd change the teal(?) to red and the light grey to blue, but the over all concept is a good one. Far, far better than the...the...I don't think there are words in the English language to describe what AA did.
I kind of liked this one some anet nerd created.
It's interesting that people like that can create something on their own that is far and away better than what a design firm created for what probably amounted to millions of dollars.
I'd change the teal(?) to red and the light grey to blue, but the over all concept is a good one. Far, far better than the...the...I don't think there are words in the English language to describe what AA did.
Vector4Food
This job would be easier without all the airplanes
Companies forget John q public doesn't give two shi*ts about liveries
Pasargad
Well-Known Member
I'm surprised that some of you keep bringing up the issue with "extra cost", "they are bankrupt and why are they spending extra money on new logo?", "where did they get the money? it's going to cost extra".
The repainting of the planes will not cost the airline extra, as all new planes have to be painted when they are delivered and every plane in every airlines fleet has to go through a D check per FAA safety guidelines. During the D Check, all paint is removed, as is all of the cabin, so that maintenance can check for structural weakness, broken rivets, and any other wear & tear on the plane. Following the D check the planes have to be repainted (either in the old design or a new one) Thus the cost of painting is already going to happen no matter what. American Just like every other airline will paint the planes in phases and probably take at least a year , maybe more to get all the planes in the new livery. It is also very typical to rebrand when exiting bankruptcy as you want customers to see a fresh new look rather than a look associated with bankruptcy. anyways as of what do i think of the design, it looks alright.
The repainting of the planes will not cost the airline extra, as all new planes have to be painted when they are delivered and every plane in every airlines fleet has to go through a D check per FAA safety guidelines. During the D Check, all paint is removed, as is all of the cabin, so that maintenance can check for structural weakness, broken rivets, and any other wear & tear on the plane. Following the D check the planes have to be repainted (either in the old design or a new one) Thus the cost of painting is already going to happen no matter what. American Just like every other airline will paint the planes in phases and probably take at least a year , maybe more to get all the planes in the new livery. It is also very typical to rebrand when exiting bankruptcy as you want customers to see a fresh new look rather than a look associated with bankruptcy. anyways as of what do i think of the design, it looks alright.
gotWXdagain
Polished Member
jafra98
Well-Known Member
If you're not a bus driver at least you get paid like one........
tlewis95
I drive planes
I thought they were doing this? I like this one better..
This also looks way better than what they went with. I like the blue and gray one that the a.net guy made too
Cal Goat
Prestige Worldwide™
Saw this the other day in MSP.. I like it!
The lightning bolt on polished aluminum was the single greatest airline livery ever. EVER. This new scheme looks like Where's Waldo and the move away from polished aluminum is terrible. Yeah, the paint job doesn't mean squat to anyone, except that most of us are probably here because we have some sentimental, emotional attachment to airline history. So moving away from a livery that stood for so long as a mark of a [once] great airline tradition to the beige and uninspired look that most airlines are apparently content with is, at the very least, disheartening to me.