Bye bye Northwest...

Used to be Northwest Orient then just Northwest then Northwest Airlines shortened to NWA and now simply Delta...

At times called "northworst" because their service was uneven at best and downward lousy at worst: I vividly remember a spring sticking up from the seat cushion of the first class cabin and firmly wedged against my ass on a flight from Chicago to Seattle 10 or so years ago... Oh well, NWA has improved since then, its fleet is very modern and, even though some flight attendants are grouchy as usual, it's been a joy to fly recently. And then there is (was..?) their wonderful partnership with KLM (and with Air Farce, pardon me, Air France...) allowing pretty much seamless jetting all over the world.

Well, the red NWA livery will soon be exchanged for the Delta (pretty indistinct and rather drab) colors and the flying public will be charged $50 to carry a laptop and a purse on board...

I'll miss ya, NWA!

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