USAir retiring the 737-400 today

If you're feeling nostalgic you can go for a ride on WNs 300s and 500s. They're putting new overheads in the 300s so they'll likely be around for a bit.
 
Zapphod Beblebrox said:
If yo are on the ramp in DCA you may see the Alaska 73 taxi out. DCA to SEA. It's an 800 long range version, if there is such a thing. That's a real long ride in a 73.
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The longest AS route is ORD - ANC. In the winter, flying into a headwind, it can be well over 6 hours long. I've done it on the Jumpseat a number of times, including times when I have had to sit behind the CA. That is one looooong ride!

On a related note, in my book, the AS captains are tops. I've had them fight with their company to get me on board (in their cockpit for this tortuously long flight) and go so far as to burn fuel to get down to TO weight. These folks set the standard by which others are measured.
 
ZapBrannigan said:
3 hours is a comfortable range in a 737.
4 hours and you're cursing Boeing.
5 hours, two lavatory breaks and aerobics behind the center console are required.
6 hours and you fantasize about a nice comfortable 9-5 cubicle job.
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I blocked 7:12 last week in an -800. I wanted to jump out around hour 5.
 
Plata said:
The longest AS route is ORD - ANC. In the winter, flying into a headwind, it can be well over 6 hours long. I've done it on the Jumpseat a number of times, including times when I have had to sit behind the CA. That is one looooong ride!

On a related note, in my book, the AS captains are tops. I've had them fight with their company to get me on board (in their cockpit for this tortuously long flight) and go so far as to burn fuel to get down to TO weight. These folks set the standard by which others are measured.
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Wow, 6 hours behind the left seat in the 737 deserves my sympathy. I once got a jumpseater on IAD to IAH on a regional jet when we were overweight. We ended up burning gas prior to takeoff to get under…….not one thank you.
 
Rode on the DFW-PHL leg yesterday to commute to work. Kind of nostalgic. Got the water cannon salute coming out of Spot 53. It was also the Captain's retirement flight.
 
ZapBrannigan said:
3 hours is a comfortable range in a 737.
4 hours and you're cursing Boeing.
5 hours, two lavatory breaks and aerobics behind the center console are required.
6 hours and you fantasize about a nice comfortable 9-5 cubicle job.
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I wonder what that would say for the CRJ-700. :ooh::stir:

IAD-COS, YYZ-IAH, AUS/SAT -SFO. Them is some looooong 3+ hour legs.:)
 
Plata said:
The longest AS route is ORD - ANC. In the winter, flying into a headwind, it can be well over 6 hours long. I've done it on the Jumpseat a number of times, including times when I have had to sit behind the CA. That is one looooong ride!.
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Hats off to you. I pass on the second jumpseat if the flight time is over two hours. An extra seat is always great when you have to be there. With that said.. I'd love to have a word with the Boeing engineers about the 73/75 jumpseat behind the CA.
 
AAPalmTree said:
Hats off to you. I pass on the second jumpseat if the flight time is over two hours. An extra seat is always great when you have to be there. With that said.. I'd love to have a word with the Boeing engineers about the 73/75 jumpseat behind the CA.
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The 757 second jumpseat isn't so bad IMO. Just don't put your finger anywhere near that foot rest. ;)
 
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