Monday, July 7, 2008

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?
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3 comments:

  1. krshorewoodJuly 7, 2008 at 4:06 PM

    I believe Jim right now Midwesst only uses the MD-80's as charters. And you are right about the fuel efficiency.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 7, 2008 at 5:01 PM

    They are actually currently still using the MD-80's for all flights, but plan to take them off here soon.

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  3. AnonymousAugust 14, 2008 at 11:04 PM

    Well why wouldn't he be Midwest has the best cookies ever :)

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