In a message dated 7/1/2003 3:10:31 PM Pacific Daylight Time, damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: << Not necessarily. Remember back when the Trident was in production, go-juice was just a few cents a gallon and was a much smaller percentage of hourly costs then it was today. Remember, even back then WN was flying 737s, knowing how good they are Ah, I long for the good ol' days when airplanes didn't have the same boring look like they do today. >> I generally agree with you on the looks thing. Airbus is especially guilty of creating lifeless tubes. At least Boeing has the 757, which looks great, and the 737 winglets are cool. This is why the 747 is the best ever. The thing is just that damn beautiful, and the original design is from the 1960s.