I like it. Odd, unique, suiting, unmistakable. I also am beginning to like Air Canada's green/blue thing as well. Photo's do it ABSOLUTELY no justice. It's blue in some lights, green in others and is quite electric and unmistakable. (I hate the typeface they chose.. it's like you were missing the type face on a Postscript output.) http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=C- FYLG&distinct_entry=true My opinions only. On 2-Oct-05, at 12:10 AM, Mike Tobin wrote: > On Oct 1, 2005, at 9:50 PM, Mark Greenwood wrote: > >> >> That is one ugly aircraft >> >> Mark >> > > Beauty's in the eye of the beholder. > > I walked all around it today. Its a very spectacular paint job. > here's a good photo, http://www.airliners.net/open.file? > id=933358&size=L > but I haven't seen a photo yet that does the paint complete justice. > I think that's also true of the Disney Tinkerbell paint job - much > more vibrant in real life than in any photo. > > There was a Potlatch featuring native artists and a great salmon and > halibut barbecue put on in one Seattle hangar today by Alaska and > various fish companies and associations (who through the Alaska > Fisheries Marketing Board essentially paid for the event including > the special paint beyond what AS would have spent on a normal > repainting). Capacity was limited to 4,000 employees and guests. > Great turnout on a Saturday. A smaller event will be held in the > Anchorage hangar Sunday. > Nice to have something positive and upbeat what with all the bad news > in the industry lately. > Mike > >