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30th Aug 2008, 21:36

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Capt. Inop

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I haven't flown the MD80, only the DC9.

Well i have flown both of them.
Pretty much the same bird to handfly, the great improvement was the autoslats and the fmc on the MD80 family.

With the right maintenance and management it's a solid workhorse.