Northwest Airlines (Delta livery) - McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51 (N760NC)

            "Northwest 1176" arrives in Nashville on runway 02L after the 1.5 hour journey from Minneapolis/St Paul International Airport (KMSP).

This aircraft was delivered to North Central Airlines on 4/6/1976, became part of the Republic Airlines fleet (merger) in 1979 and joined the Northwest fleet in 1986 (merger).

This makes the second Northwest DC-9 that I've seen in the Delta livery...and this one looks just as generic and boring as the last one.  What a shame.

This old girl should be the highest hours/cycles DC-9-50 in their fleet with somewhere around 74,000 hours and 76,000 cycles (at the time of this photo).  One has to wonder why Delta is spending the money to paint these old birds?  Then again, this isn't the first time that Delta has made poor decisions with regard to spending millions painting their aircraft when they weren't in the best financial shape in the world...  They've had decades to learn all sorts of things from other carriers that are much more financially sound - and they just refuse to pay attention.  Imagine that.

My condolences to all of the folks at Northwest Airlines that are going to lose their jobs as a result of this merger. Those that are lucky enough to keep their jobs will have the unfortunate pleasure of working for an airline that continues to receive negative customer service reviews from around the world on an almost weekly basis.  Eventually, something better will come along for them...we can only hope.

Taken on: March 1, 2009

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Camera: Canon EOS 40D, f/7.1, 1/200 sec, 180mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

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Focal Length:	180mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
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