Merged Topic- AA Tail Livery New/Old Employees Vote

[traderjake]

Regardless which way they go, I think that the engine cowlings need to be painted either red or blue.

 
Red.
 
The winglets need to be red to make them more visible.
 
Having two logos is confusing, which one represents the new American?  

 

[ContUNITEus]

Oh no... If you're gonna do a half Ass job then just leave it the way it is. It's completely tacky to use two logos.

 

[nycbusdriver]

Just voted.  And there's not even a poll tax.  (Am I too jaded, or too realistic?)  I think the traditional logo will win it handily.  At least, I hope so.  The "flag" idea on the tail doesn't even come across that way.  What flag?  Until somebody said it was supposed to be a stylized American flag, I thought it looked like a piano keyboard.  I was waiting to hear "Rhapsody in Blue," but UAL has a lock on that, I think.

 

[ContUNITEus]

The choice is between a half Ass job and a shitty job. Thanks for the choice, but I'd rather see you put the effort in truly putting something nice and new together. The weight of paint excuse is bs. The explanation about it being too expensive to paint it all new is bs as well, as nobody else can pride himself more the Doug for painting a 757 just to park it in the desert the next month.

 

[cltrat]

put me down for the AA logo

 

[JFK Fleet Service]

The Eagle of course.Like 'New Coke' ever had a prayer if the employees got a say in it.

 

[1AA]

The choice is between a half Ass job and a shitty job. Thanks for the choice, but I'd rather see you put the effort in truly putting something nice and new together. The weight of paint excuse is bs. The explanation about it being too expensive to paint it all new is bs as well, as nobody else can pride himself more the Doug for painting a 757 just to park it in the desert the next month.

The new tail is NOT painted. It is a series of decals. I know I did a vertical open up on the B check. Hydraulic leaks will melt and deteriorate the design. Then you have to send it back to the outsourced paint shop to re-decal the tail. That is expensive. Paint is cheap.

 

[traderjake]

Regardless which way they go, I think that the engine cowlings need to be painted either red or blue.

 
The whole tail should be red to make the airplane more visable, the new paint job with the old logo on the tail looks washed out.
 
Make the tail and winglets red and  make the old logo on the tail white and blue.

 

[ContUNITEus]

And to be clear for those who can't read all the small print... this only concerns the tail.

The new typeface used on the website & advertising stay, the faux-Greyhound logo would stay on the fuselage.

I'd vote to keep the old logo... it honors the past while still projecting the new thru the fuselage...

 
As much as I hate the new job, if that's the only choice, keep the new one.  The only good thing about the new job is that the place finally sticks out in the sky.  By going back to the old logo, and without applying any other bright surfaces, you are making the new American, invisible in the sky, especially if the sky is gray.
 
So stick to the fugly colors, at least it's got colors and can be seen from a distance.

 

[Rogallo]

Parker said some people asked him which tail design he'd like to see win. "The answer is I honestly do not care," he told employees.
 
I'm with ya Dougie,  I really don't care either!!

 

[traderjake]

 
 By going back to the old logo, and without applying any other bright surfaces, you are making the new American, invisible in the sky, especially if the sky is gray.
 
So stick to the fugly colors, at least it's got colors and can be seen from a distance.

 
Exactly.

 

[FrugalFlyerv2.0]

I hate the new tail.  There are 13 stripes on the American flag.  There are 11 on the new tail.  This is what happens when you have Europeans design it.  I am against it not only because of that but because it is butt ugly.  Maybe we do need a new tail design but we don't need an ugly one.

While the greyhound-esque logo and new typeface are not that exciting, it is the # of stripes what bothers me the most about the new livery.  Maybe it's because I counted the stripes (11) and know that there is 13 on the USA flag.  Maybe I'm too old fashioned, but it bothers me that if you're going to incorporate your country's flag in the corporate logo/livery then get it right.  The current design is almost kind of disrespectful.  IMHO. (And yes, I have the same opinion about the "flag" in the USAirways logo).

 

[iluvaa]

I voted to keep the new it's kinda grown on me

 

[Freighterguynow]

Parker said some people asked him which tail design he'd like to see win. "The answer is I honestly do not care," he told employees.
 
Cheap and cheerful !

 

[ContUNITEus]

While the greyhound-esque logo and new typeface are not that exciting, it is the # of stripes what bothers me the most about the new livery.  Maybe it's because I counted the stripes (11) and know that there is 13 on the USA flag.  Maybe I'm too old fashioned, but it bothers me that if you're going to incorporate your country's flag in the corporate logo/livery then get it right.  The current design is almost kind of disrespectful.  IMHO. (And yes, I have the same opinion about the "flag" in the USAirways logo).

 
 
Ohhh common....   Get over your patriotism....   Even better, Get over the Blue Red White or any Blue themes....   As a matter of fact, it would be nice to see less American Carriers carrying the patriotism theme.   Paint the darn thing with bright green stripes, or bright purple odd shapes....
 
Imagine what a German Airline would look like, if they were to go with the flag colors.  Or even better, what an Australian Airline or New Zealand Air Carrier would look like with their own colors of their flag, it would be the same darn sh!t, as almost every other American color. Not only that, but if both AirNZ and Qantas were to decide putting their flags as their theme/logo, you would have a hard time figuring out which one is which.  It's not all about Blue, Red, White, Stripes, and America, you know?  Lot's of other former British Colonies have similar colors.
 
I understand that some countries take patriotism to the extreme, you can see it in their - formerly Government sponsored Airlines such as Alitalia, AirFrance and so on.  But look at Lufthansa.  You don't have to have the colors and name of a country embedded in an Airline name, logo or color in order to be successful.  Germania is non-existent. Look at TAM. Take it from them.