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...thick smokescreen surrounding one of the biggest mysteries of commercial aviation is clearing at last. Airlines will soon have to replace their aging fleets of about 1,500 707s, 727s and DC-8s, but existing models are too big or too small to meet the demand for an intermediate-range plane carrying 180 to 200 people. Many aerospace manufacturers have been reluctant to build new planes until they learn what Boeing, the industry leader, is going to do. Now Boeing seems to have settled on a basic design for a "high technology" jet. Says Jerry Cosley, TWA's director...
...passenger, 600 m.p.h. planes for a six-month trial on its prime New York-Florida routes in time for the Christmas rush. If all goes well, says President Frank Borman, Eastern may buy as many as 50 Airbuses at $25 million each to replace aging Boeing 727s and McDonnell Douglas...
Along its 17,860-mile system from Chicago to Honolulu, Continental Airlines has attracted considerable attention-and some charges of sexism -with its "We really move our tail for you" advertising campaign. At 12:01 a.m. Oct. 23, Continental's tail stopped moving. Its 47 Boeing 727s and 16 DC-10s were grounded by a strike for the first time in the 42-year history of the Los Angeles-based airline. The cause-some of the most gold-plated demands ever made by a labor union...
...Line Pilots Association have since pared the list of demands to around 150. Money is no longer a major stumbling block. The company has offered a 35% hike over three years, retroactive to Nov. 1, 1975 It would raise the pay of senior captains flying Continental's Boeing 727s from $47,364 to $66,600 a year, plus more than $14,000 in benefits; salaries of senior DC-10 captains would go from $58,248 to $79,200, plus more than $20,000 in benefits. The key problem is that the pilots also want to reduce the amount...
Both Carter and Mondale will travel in chartered Boeing 727s, which will haul enough black boxes of communications gear to run a SAC mission. A computer on Carter's plane, linked to the Atlanta headquarters, will spew out a daily intelligence report on such matters as poll results, position papers, travel schedules and campaign spending. Carter is also keeping a cool eye on Ford's efforts. Says an aide: "We're getting really good intelligence on their scheduling?legitimately, I hasten...