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Should make my trip there in a couple weeks with you guys on EI105 all the more interesting :-) couldnt be worse than heathrow though surely o_O my last trip there we spent 30 mins working down a holding pattern then another 20 to gate. coulda been in malaga Quicker.. though saying that logan is always quite busy also, though i dont remember ever having to hold

Frick, yeah sounds like she may have been a bit jinxed then, Ive heard a few rumours on other forums about the belief that she was jinxed. I am sure loosing all 6 DU's on approach to SNN would go down as one of those punctuated moments of terror that pilots go thru from time to time :) All more credit to you guys and the techs at aer lingus for keeping her on the go for so long. Probably made sense to retire it due to ongoing mx costs + possibly a costly D-Check on the horizon (as well as being jinxed), one last Q out of interest could ORD actually make it to ORD with max pax and the hold full? Ive seen a few things about saying she had a lower MTOW than the other A333's at EIN?. (ps Would love to get a go on Patrick, but I dont see me going to JFK anytime soon.) However really looking forward to the A350 XWBs, would love to be one the first pax on those once you get them)

Yeah i cant say i was ever 100% relaxed the few times i watched her pull up at logan to ferry me home.. always watching those ailerons for any sign of a snap :) yeah + the runway incursion is always one i enjoyed explaining to the co workers on our way outta logan :-) was it just the fact that she was an old bird? What about DAA and LAX there not that much younger?

Very well written Niall, great job. Makes me look forward to my trip to BOS (EI-137) next saturday (01/07) all the more. :-) Was sad to see EI-ORD retired though, first plane to take me long haul... Hopefully a ride on one of the newer A333s will be just as enjoyable ill keep an eye out for the FC with a bit more respect than usual..