Obama's Midwest Charter Plane Makes Unscheduled Landing; Did We Know Obama Was A Midwest Customer?
I first noticed the AP story about the unscheduled landing made by Barack Obama's chartered Midwest Airlines MD-80 an hour or so ago.
A couple of observations:
* Good that it was a problem easily handled by the cockpit crew.
* Interesting that Obama is chartering a type of aircraft that Midwest said it was taking out of regular service because of poor fuel economy. The MD-80's are Midwest's biggest airplanes, and can make transcontinental flights non-stop, albeit at a fuel cost premium. The company's newer B-717's have more fuel-efficient engines.
* And did I miss seeing earlier reporting that the Obama campaign was a Midwest charter customer?
3 comments:
I believe Jim right now Midwesst only uses the MD-80's as charters. And you are right about the fuel efficiency.
They are actually currently still using the MD-80's for all flights, but plan to take them off here soon.
Well why wouldn't he be Midwest has the best cookies ever :)
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