A330 in new colors takes to the skies tomorrow
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BuffaloJoe
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I flew it today to SJU and she does look good...but she had so many write ups ...mostly first class stuff. To bad they did not take the time after she arrived in PHL to fix it before we left for SJU. One person in F/C had to sit straight up the whole way to SJU because their lovely seat did not recline...and too bad the person in row one had to not watch the movies because it was broken and too bad the first row had to sit in the bright lights because the overhead light in row one would not turn off......should I keep going??? Because I can. They should have fixed these problems ASAP this morning before it went anywhere. It was sapposed to go to Paris..wonder if it left ontime? They were onboard trying to fix all the issues after we arrived in PHL.
I hate to be the negative Nancy, but my god that is an awful paint scheme- even the elegant looking A330 looks cheap in it.
- The swoosh... what is it? Wind hitting the side of the plane? It just comes out of nowhere and lays there. And they don't meet up with...
-The stripes on the tail. The most bizarre of all... the logo is basically horizontal lines so you put diagonal lines through it? Very amateur and an eyesore with a bunch of non-matching lines...
-Like everything at US there is no consistency. Some aircraft have a red ring around the engine cowlings, some don't. Some have the old cheatline on the winglets (E190, CRJs) some have an clumsy stamp of the logo (757, A330, A320 etc). Some withthe logo have a sred stripe at the top of the winglet. This one doesn't.
-White. Blech. Not even a clean white, bit a flat, dirty loooking white. The way the stripe and blue underbelly swoop down looks really 70s.
It looks like either USA 3000 or this:
Leisure Air
We all have our opinions, I hope some people like it. I hoped it would grow on me but its just so uninspired and amateur looking to me. My high school art teacher would give me an F on this.
Saddest of all its a hokey "re-do" using elements of a brilliant livery designed by professional re-branders that cost a fortune, but LOOKED like a million dollars when maintained correctly!
I know, its hot in Phoenix, one of several hubs, and apparently no other airline flies there, or has crew bases in PHX or LAS! We have to have a crappo gumball paint job and SKORTS for uniforms because its hot in Phoenix.
- The swoosh... what is it? Wind hitting the side of the plane? It just comes out of nowhere and lays there. And they don't meet up with...
-The stripes on the tail. The most bizarre of all... the logo is basically horizontal lines so you put diagonal lines through it? Very amateur and an eyesore with a bunch of non-matching lines...
-Like everything at US there is no consistency. Some aircraft have a red ring around the engine cowlings, some don't. Some have the old cheatline on the winglets (E190, CRJs) some have an clumsy stamp of the logo (757, A330, A320 etc). Some withthe logo have a sred stripe at the top of the winglet. This one doesn't.
-White. Blech. Not even a clean white, bit a flat, dirty loooking white. The way the stripe and blue underbelly swoop down looks really 70s.
It looks like either USA 3000 or this:
Leisure Air
We all have our opinions, I hope some people like it. I hoped it would grow on me but its just so uninspired and amateur looking to me. My high school art teacher would give me an F on this.
Saddest of all its a hokey "re-do" using elements of a brilliant livery designed by professional re-branders that cost a fortune, but LOOKED like a million dollars when maintained correctly!
I know, its hot in Phoenix, one of several hubs, and apparently no other airline flies there, or has crew bases in PHX or LAS! We have to have a crappo gumball paint job and SKORTS for uniforms because its hot in Phoenix.
USCREW
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Watch out, there are some very emotional Jetsetters on here.
Travelpro72
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When they said they wanted to create the "NEW" scheme which is a clear ripoff of a professional job a company came up with, INHOUSE that should have been our clue as what was to come. While I don't think it's that bad it certainly isn't anything eye catching either. Besides the fine employees we have here there is NOTHING absolutely NOTHING industry leading about US at all. It is just cheap, cheap, cheap! ! ! ! We are certainly industry leading in being LAST. What they COULD have done with two good companies. A new uniform and paint scheme will not cover the mess underneath.
They should have gone with this:
Silver scheme
Now THAT is modern, fresh, sporty but not cheesy, global but not stuffy, still using the typeface and logo.
Silver scheme
Now THAT is modern, fresh, sporty but not cheesy, global but not stuffy, still using the typeface and logo.
Travelpro72
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You'd have to admit though that the "NEW" livery pretty much sums up the entire company though. C H E A P!
ChrisUS
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Funny, I really like it. I never cared for the drab, dark and militaristic looking old scheme. It was like a copy of UA's old, awful scheme. Thanks Mr Wolfe. That was so boring and conservative looking and faded rather quickly.
Now if you want to talk cheap, HP's scheme personified cheap and cheesy. The original one was much classier. Orange and green only works in a pumpkin patch.
What are you referring to? Was there some sort of problem last week?
No problem at all. Normal airline ops the pax have come to expect.
At some point making money on the tails of paycuts, pension losses and work rule changes is going to end. LCC is going to have to run an operation if it expects to be profitable or the pax will fly on someone else.
But as far as problems go: LCC's own press releases pooh-poohed the "problems". The switchover has been and continues to be a resounding success.
At some point making money on the tails of paycuts, pension losses and work rule changes is going to end. LCC is going to have to run an operation if it expects to be profitable or the pax will fly on someone else.
But as far as problems go: LCC's own press releases pooh-poohed the "problems". The switchover has been and continues to be a resounding success.
