Originally Posted by
stilton
'Indeed, that is an NG overhead and it may be ancient but I love OLD SCHOOL!!
4500hrs on the old Super 80 and that may be one aircraft I like even better than the NG! '
Only an American airlines pilot could call the MD80 'super'
"Super 80" is not an AA thing, it's a Mcdonell Douglas marketing thing that they used when they named the MD-80 the "DC-9 Super 80."
And yes it was super in every way! Old school to the last nut & bolt, I greatly enjoyed flying it and it made me one heck of a sharp pilot. I even preferred it over the 75/76 in many ways...