American Airlines A300 Tribute

[Ilovegogosable]

PEOPLE THERE NOT REPLACING 757 'S THERE REPLACING THE MD 80 ONLY

[tolaviator]

@Ilovegogosable just announced this week.....11 757's will retire in 2012

[Ilovegogosable]

@tolaviator Just 11 of them so that mean there will still be more 757's

[tolaviator]

@Ilovegogosable well yes there will be more 757's for a while, they aren't going to disappear overnight

[Ilovegogosable]

@tolaviator Theres More Than 300 In There Fleet Did You Know ??

[tolaviator]

@Ilovegogosable Actually there are currently 120 757,s in the fleet

[Ilovegogosable]

@tolaviator Ohhh Ok

[mitchellboon]

@Ilovegogosable

the 757&762 will be replaced by: Airbus A320 family & A320neo family , Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737 MAX

[westminsterkid76]

tribute flight 587

[Kone5600]

i flew one from miami to ecuador it was amazing my favorit plane

[Sooksawaspakdee961]

Fed Ex???? it´s damn cargo airline. Well i guess their A300 fleet will feel at home among the rest of the old shitty fleet Fed Ex is flying around with.

[Sooksawaspakdee961]

Makes me wonder where the hell did AA come up with the money for 260 new planes. I guess the passengers will suffer even more in the future with higher ticket prices, have to pay for everything, a new low in customer service, more AA employees getting fired to come up with the cash. A couple of new Airbus and Boeing planes can´t save AA from total disaster, only a major change in their attitude towards the customers can but i really think it´s to late.

[Sooksawaspakdee961]

Great A300??? BULLSHIT!!!. Not a single big airline today use the A300 anymore since they are crap and belong in a airplane graveyard. The only reason AA is getting rid of them is because AA is to cheap to maintain them to AA standard. Just look at the rest of the AA fleet, old worn out MD-80´s, 757, first generation Boeing 777, old shabby Boeing 767´s that are falling apart. AA is a airline that is falling apart, barely two stars at Skytrax in 2011 and is about to lose one more says it all.

[tolaviator]

@Sooksawaspakdee961 You're kidding me right? You realize AA is currently taking deliveries of 737-800's and has 777-300's and 787's on order and is currently in talks for 250 new aircraft to replace MD80 and 757's?

[Ilovegogosable]

@tolaviator Nooo Not The 757's There Replacing The Md-82 There Still Gonna Have Md-80 And 757's and its true

[iJordan2084]

@Sooksawaspakdee961 xD SOOOO TRUE. but now they oredered 260 new Airbus A320 neo family planes and 200 737-800 with sky interior

[coasterboy600]

@Sooksawaspakdee961 AAAHHHHHHHHHHHH ... u make me cry ... i didnt know they were retiring the MD-80s and the 757s ... my two favorite planes of all time ... wtf

[itapirkanmaa]

@Sooksawaspakdee961 I suppose FedEx is not big enough, with its 71 active A300s?

[coasterboy600]

unnnnnnnn ... the all gray a300 at the begining looks soo ugly ...good thing they later on changed it to matalic

[Byron10301]

If they ask me to choose a single aircraft to represent the face of 20th century aviation, it will have to be A300 .... such a classic looking airplane

[mediauza]

A-300 was a great plane to fly and work , but had lots of manteinance issues ; everytime I got on one of them for a flight , delays , cancelled flights, manteinance issues......

[jetfire5091]

this was the very first airbus

[Ilovegogosable]

Why did Take service of the a300 out?? i miss it i havent seen for years

[garlex134]

The A300 sure did pioneer the design of Airbus'.

[bluepanther1011]

I hate Airbus. js.

[Flyglobespan93]

I love this plane! Reminds me so much of the 767

[HandFever00479]

I'm gonna miss you, Airbus A300.

Why, American, why!? :(

[neweast1]

@HandFever00479 because they were gas guzelers and getting to expensive to maintain

[SexyNazi133]

@neweast1 pretty much.. my dad works for AA and he said they want to become an "All Boeing Fleet", and AA doesnt care much for airbus. md-80s have leases until 2020, 3/4 of the md-80s will be replaced by the new 737 and the rest by the boeing y1 in 2018

[neweast1]

@SexyNazi133 fly most of my a300 in eastern livery hey do me favor you like aviation so you must have a brain drop the nazi .moniker.

[SexyNazi133]

@neweast1 lol i seriously didnt make this account. my friend made it and i just have it now. im not kidding.

[maryoassyrian2007]

I do like the A300, but does Airbus make anymore of them?

[jwh30385]

@maryoassyrian2007 Nope, A300 and A310 are pretty much obsolete.

[maplemanz]

I flew on one from JFK to MIA once.

[guatemalteco808]

I have flown with AA several times, Apart from Continental, AA is one of my favorite Airlines! they are very nice and I got to my destinations on time..and in two cases 1/2 an hour early!..now thats service!

[luislaurencio]

why it looks nice

[faostube]

@maryoassyrian2007 | It broke apart because the towered clear it to take off when a 747 had already taken off. The wake effect left by the 747 created flutter vibration which the A300 was not certified for and the result was catastrophic, don't be so quick to judge one aircraft for all. Take care my friend.

[faostube]

@faostube | Just to add to my post. Wake effect is so dangerous that during my flight training when ever I got to land in front of a larger aircraft, I was always instructed to keep my flight path higher and the touch down point a little further than from the larger aircraft in front of me. This is done to avoid entering the wake turbulence left over the larger aircraft otherwise your plane shakes all over the place and in some cases you can loose control!

[wildbajan]

We all know that the service on AA droped a whole lot, the airline almost went out of business after 9-11, they had to make some changes for the airline to survive, the staff of AA lost a lot of perks salary holiday etc. by now they should have tried to improve the service because it really is bad buttttttttt AA will always be the number 1 carrier in the USA be cause it is something speacial in the air.

[andexterouss]

I MISS my A300! She was my baby! Loved working with her!!!

[MrJayP176]

I have mixed feelings about the A300, I flew one from JFK to PR and it there was a delay, cause the piots were not quailfied on that aircraft, cause the cockpit is different from the other boeings that they have, it took a hour to get the piot, and we left almost 2 hours late...I am a big fan of the A330-300, I flew a US Airways one to PR and it was great, I think American should get the A330-300 as a replacement for the A300, its very similar in apperance....

[aballer99]

good buy old friend

[510kidscry]

Thank god. The airbus is the greatest piece of shit ever made. Manufactured in about 15 different countries. No wonder the rudder fell off on that one AA A300 that killed 250 some people. I love AA, the first in the sky and most likely the last after these other airlines fail.

[flyboy6753]

screw u that is not true

[klkyomama]

no scew u that is true AA is the most stable airline in the world, so ha

[jamesgreen456]

@510kidscry u are talking crap. find out why the A300 crashed. due to wake turbulance due to air traffic mistake.

[jwh30385]

@510kidscry It was cleared to take off immediately after a 747. Then, while in wake turbulence, the pilot used excessive force on the rudders (a whole lot more than recommended) and the rudder broke off. The pilot hadn't been trained properly on the A300 and AA had ignored Airbus' warnings and recommendations regarding rudder sensitivity on the A300. The rudder on the A300 is fastened the same way it is on other Airbuses and Boeings, but the controls are more sensitive in speed.

[9T6Q]

i got the mod today :} but man i will miss it i hope i get on one before they take it out

[LightningFever86]

I'm really gonna miss the A300 :(

[planedudea380]

Long live the A300, we will miss you

[paztikiblue]

pretty neat plane to fly on the flight sim 2004.

[dtangle]

That thing had excellent climb performance.

[AirQTV]

what plane will replace the airbus

[timmyblackboy62]

probably the boeing 737-800/900

[mjd4277]

Boeing 767-300ERs and  777s will stand in temporarily for the A300s until the Boeing 787s on order come online.

[FlyAmericanAirlines2]

I will be missing The airbuses , i fly through American Airlines flight 834

and ill miss those nice airbuses:(

[video09sj]

yes american airlines A300 RIP  in agt 2009

[soul4sins]

I'm a former ticket/gate agent from JFK, and I must say, the A300 was such a headache, especially on the JFK-LHR route (flt 132) Also, it was such a black eye for AA, I still find myself sad about flight 587. The A300 was all about cargo space for AA. Great cargo space for the Latin American routes. Glad to see it will fly off into the sunset......

[yankeesfan135]

man im sorry but airbus a300 is an UGLY plane!

[jcbmartinique]

Nice video !!

[alexsuchapimp]

Airbuses are better than Boeing

[soul4sins]

A matter of personal opinion....

[TheCHEVYNATOR]

Me and another JFK F/A had such a long delayed on the ground we thought up a bunch of nicknames for the A-300. Scare-bus,Repair-bus,On a wing and a prayer-bus,Fly if you dare-bus,Your life is your fare-bus,I wish i wasnt here-bus...just to name a few.

[soul4sins]

LOL, I remember those long delays... all pax were onboard, only to offload everyone, and everything (OTS) and look for a replacement (as if they grew on trees) It was an everyday occurance. In my opinion, Airbus in general are crappy planes. No comparison to the 777.

[KEENLASH4]

thank god

[hananokuni2580]

Sad, sad, sad. I've flown MIA-SDQ on AA's A300s a few times and loved every minute of it. They are well-built and comfortable. Airbus Industrie had a state-of-the-art product in its A300/A310 series.

I will be missing those Airbuses.

[goldenismonica]

american airlines suck!

all the CEO's and people running the company are very greeddy people.

they are cheap. and what you pay for is what you get on american airlines.

you dont even get food on 5 hour flights.

sigh...

[510kidscry]

take greyhound and see if they give you a meal. and make sure to plan for 3-4 days of travel. it's transportation not a restaurant

[goldenismonica]

oh please! dont try and defend your crappy airline.

if other airlines are giving food and remarkable service, and then we come back to american airlines to compare it, its a 1 star airline!

i dont care if its a resturaunt or not.

look at some of the major asian and european airlines.

american airlines cant even compete! on 6 hour flights you cant even get a decent meal.

this airline is shit!

[510kidscry]

yea the european and asian airlines i look at didnt have their planes flone into fucking buildings, which completely collapsed the us airline industry. American has done the best it can as they suffer 8 years later. A job far better than any other airline could handle if they endured the same catastrophe. IDIOT

[goldenismonica]

yeah that really sucks but if the airline sucks comparing it to others then it just sucks.

well that is a tragedy but yeah i still wouldnt ever fly american airlines.

[flyboy6753]

american airlines suck. i hope they close. go southwest airlines!!

[82abnoff]

I did spend some time with Casey and Bob Crandell. I had a DC10, at Ohare flip. Oh well.

[egcoupe10]

im gunna miss these planes.

[yankeesfan135]

im so glad american is getting rid of all airbus in the fleet and switching to all BOEING!!

[Usafkyle]

MORE 737s!! FUEL SAVING

[JHinMiami]

As of now the last day the A300 is scheduled to fly is August 24th.

[Dawayne498jd]

I mean to, not too

[Dawayne498jd]

Nice song. I remeber when I flew on one. It's always sad too see an aircraft get retired...

[IdaReport]

American Airlines gets rid of the A300, but not the MD-80??!!!!!!!!!

[tolaviator]

AA is phasing out the MD80 as well. It will take a while though as there are more than 200 in the fleet.

[yournameiswrong]

damn!

[WeinerDogcreations]

@tolaviator NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO md80 my faverite please NOOOOO!!!

[nflpats40]

@IdaReport hahaha ik my dads a pilot on the md-80 for american and he says it a good but old as shit plane

[badguy100000]

I'm sorry to these these Fine planes leave the fleet . I only wish they would get rid of All the Super (Stupid 80's) planes instead.....

[jgstargazer]

I hope they find an American manufacturer to build the replacement for the A300.

[vanhalo]

787-9 anyone?

[eduardonpimenta]

Very sad to see the end of the service of the great A300 with AA, hope to see all of them find a new use with other airlines.

[bluepanther1011]

@eduardonpimenta Air Hong Kong/DHL. Its an A300. Air Hong Kong and DHL fly it.

[planelover3640]

awesome video man, very sad that they are leaving. i hope the last A300 doesnt retire on my birthday that would suck

[UA901]

Nice vid - sad to see them go... :´(

[blueb0g]

great video!!!!