Re: Southwest B737-200s

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Yup, that is my memory of it as well. If I remember right, Boeing
specially wrote the software to do this (not much demand for similar
functionality among other airlines).

-----Original Message-----
From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of
Gerard M Foley
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 6:18 PM
To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: Re: Southwest B737-200s


From: "Matthew Montano" <mmontano@direct.ca>

Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 1:34 PM


> If I recall, Boeing actually fitted SW's NGs with -200/-300 'era'
> instrumentation to aid in the easy transition and training of crew.
>
<snip>

My recollection is that the glass cockpit of the SW NG's is programmed
to be similar to the 200/300 instrumentation, to minimize the
possibility of confusion from the mix of classic and NG in SW's
operation.

Gerry K8EF

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