# American makeover **URL:** \ **Category:** Airlines\ **Created:** [January 18, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/american-makeover/13740 "2013-01-18T00:46:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pat206](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/76d3ee/32.png) [@Pat206](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/Pat206)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/american-makeover/13740/1 "2013-01-18T00:46:42Z")
[http://www.trbimg.com/img-50f81d37/turbine/chi-american-airlines-livery-20130117-001/600](http://www.trbimg.com/img-50f81d37/turbine/chi-american-airlines-livery-20130117-001/600) Good grief, what are they smoking? ---
**Author:** ![71Zulu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/71zulu/32/125458_2.png) [@71Zulu](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/71Zulu)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/american-makeover/13740/2 "2013-01-18T02:25:38Z")
Not real fond of it, maybe it will look better in person. I would like to see some of the other designs they rejected, most had to be better than this. Don’t get the logo either. ---
**Author:** ![727clamshell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/727clamshell/32/136652_2.png) [@727clamshell](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/727clamshell)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/american-makeover/13740/3 "2013-01-18T02:29:31Z")
This is hideous. ---
**Author:** ![EatSleepJeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9dc877/32.png) [@EatSleepJeep](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/EatSleepJeep)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 4:50am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/american-makeover/13740/4 "2013-01-18T04:50:07Z")
Beyond bad. ---
**Author:** ![meesterrussian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/meesterrussian/32/977_2.png) [@meesterrussian](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/meesterrussian)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 5:55am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/american-makeover/13740/5 "2013-01-18T05:55:11Z")
I happen to like it. It’s modern looking. Their old livery was outdated. ---
**Author:** ![bizarrebananablast](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/bizarrebananablast/32/112198_2.png) [@bizarrebananablast](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/bizarrebananablast)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 6:00am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/american-makeover/13740/6 "2013-01-18T06:00:06Z")
I love it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jimcander](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/jimcander/32/129486_2.png) [@jimcander](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/jimcander)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/american-makeover/13740/7 "2013-01-18T13:50:27Z")
> [@bizarrebananablast](#): > > I love it! 😃 +1 😉 ---
**Author:** ![71Zulu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/71zulu/32/125458_2.png) [@71Zulu](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/71Zulu)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/american-makeover/13740/8 "2013-01-18T14:56:04Z")
Anybody know the flight schedule? Still shows in VCV. [flightaware.com/live/flight/N908NN](http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N908NN) [Photo Courtesy of FlightAware.comhttp://e0.photos.flightcdn.com/photos/retriever/e0bd5a552790118d2172d3450b91f1c185b4466b](http://flightaware.com/photos/view/37015-308acad63d676eae50ecf3d19825905f92b6b6db/aircraft/N908NN/sort/votes/page/1) ---
**Author:** ![jrl22](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/jrl22/32/53502_2.png) [@jrl22](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/jrl22)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/american-makeover/13740/9 "2013-01-18T16:19:36Z")
> [@meesterrussian](#): > > …Their old livery was outdated. according to the video on the website, the “block eagle” dates from 1968 (which surprised me, I thought it was closer to 1986) while I’m glad they kept something of the legacy with the stylized eagle (blue upper wing, white head, red lower wing), it is not really evident … and the striped tail really is awful ---
**Author:** ![jimcander](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/jimcander/32/129486_2.png) [@jimcander](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/jimcander)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/american-makeover/13740/10 "2013-01-18T16:25:12Z")
Here’s the tail number of the 777 [flightaware.com/live/flight/N717 … /KDFW/KMIA](http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N717AN/history/20130113/1400Z/KDFW/KMIA) ---
**Author:** ![rw812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3da27b/32.png) [@rw812](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/rw812)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/american-makeover/13740/11 "2013-01-19T02:43:10Z")
Would have looked good if the blue stripes were on the trailing side. Another tradition goes down the tube. ---
**Author:** ![amaflor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amaflor](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/amaflor)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 3:49am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/american-makeover/13740/12 "2013-01-19T03:49:22Z")
Unfortunately, the fuselage looks like Spirit Air, and I dont think AA would want to be confused with that airline. ---
**Author:** ![bizarrebananablast](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/bizarrebananablast/32/112198_2.png) [@bizarrebananablast](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/bizarrebananablast)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 5:10am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/american-makeover/13740/13 "2013-01-19T05:10:54Z")
> [@jimcander](#): > > > [@bizarrebananablast](#): > > > > I love it! 😃 > > +1 😉 Thank you!! ---
**Author:** ![meesterrussian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/meesterrussian/32/977_2.png) [@meesterrussian](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/meesterrussian)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 5:26am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/american-makeover/13740/14 "2013-01-19T05:26:32Z")
> [@amaflor](#): > > Unfortunately, the fuselage looks like Spirit Air, and I dont think AA would want to be confused with that airline. I hope not. Spirit air kinda sucks. I had a horrible experience. Flew back on UAL instead. ---
**Author:** ![rw812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3da27b/32.png) [@rw812](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/rw812)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/american-makeover/13740/15 "2013-01-19T14:43:30Z")
> [@meesterrussian](#): > > I happen to like it. It’s modern looking. Their old livery was outdated. Not outdated - it was a classic. It’s like removing the Jaguar symbol from the car. It appears the young folks are this change and use wiser, older folks aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![jimcander](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/jimcander/32/129486_2.png) [@jimcander](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/jimcander)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/american-makeover/13740/16 "2013-01-19T15:48:05Z")
Define young? I’m 49, appreciate the classic look but love the new one… ---
**Author:** ![rw812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3da27b/32.png) [@rw812](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/rw812)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/american-makeover/13740/17 "2013-01-19T16:54:00Z")
Exception proves the rule? 🙂 Remember when most airlines had cheat lines along their fuselage? They always added something to the colors. Now another cheat line goes down the drain. ---
**Author:** ![Pat206](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/76d3ee/32.png) [@Pat206](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/Pat206)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/american-makeover/13740/18 "2013-01-19T18:31:27Z")
[quote=“71Zulu”] Anybody know the real reg and/or fleet number of this 757? At least we now know who was responsible for this abomination…[/quote] ---
**Author:** ![71Zulu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/71zulu/32/125458_2.png) [@71Zulu](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/71Zulu)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/american-makeover/13740/19 "2013-01-19T19:21:42Z")
Ok, looks like N670AA… but that plane was retired in 2011 and shows stored at Roswell. Not sure what is going on. Maybe they flew it out just to experiment with the paint colors? ---
**Author:** ![Pat206](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/76d3ee/32.png) [@Pat206](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/Pat206)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 9:21pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/american-makeover/13740/20 "2013-01-19T21:21:25Z")
> [@71Zulu](#): > > Ok, looks like N670AA… > > but that plane was retired in 2011 and shows stored at Roswell. > > Not sure what is going on. Maybe they flew it out just to experiment with the paint colors? Or painted it **at** ROW? [Next page](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/american-makeover/13740.md?page=2)