The miles & points world has all kinds of different enthusiasts — some people are only interested in miles & points in order to save money on travel, while others are interested in miles & points because they love airplanes. I know there are plenty of people who are very frequent flyers but can barely…
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I once dated a guy who sent me a photo of a BA A350 and told me how excited he was about flying on the Dreamliner again. We had to end things.
More because he turned out to be unfaithful, but anyway, very sore subject
Most Delta pilots can't differentiate the different types of planes. Lucky has more qualifications than Delta pilots.
“…There are two many differences.”
I think you meant ”main.”
One of the ways to tell the differences is when one flies enough, one sort of gets an idea of which airlines fly which fleets and aircraft types.
The 737 MAX also has a normal tail cone, unlike earlier 737s. I find that useful.
I thought you had three options on that additional exit on the MAX 9. You could have an exit, you could have the cutout for an exit, but have it plugged, or you could choose not to have the cutout at all. I assumed that airlines that opted for the plugged exit did so for a potential higher resale value.
Thanks for this article.my 8yr old son really loves planes and he was able to confirm most of the differences you called out in the article. He did say that you did not mention anything about the 777X.
If I am at all confused about which plane is which, I generally just look at the card in the seat back pocket... ;^)