From: "RT Simpson" <BraniffIntl@xxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 12:03 AM Subject: Saying Bye To The B757 > In a message dated 9/28/2003 12:13:30 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > wlw-jr@xxxxxxx writes: > > > I guess the 727 wasn't a 'legacy' ? Did the 727 technically run out of > > orders or was production just passed on to the 757? > > > The airline industry was in a slump at that time and in order to get orders > for the B757, Boeing had no other choice than end the 727 line. <snip> And there was the 727 flight engineer! Gerry http://foley.ultinet.net/~gerry/aerial/aerial.html http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley http://members.fortunecity.com/gfoley/egypt/egypt.html