American Announces Tail Illumniation – Twitter Users Respond…Comically

by Adam

On Friday, American announced via their Twitter page- “Soon you’ll see our planes lighting the night sky as we add “tail illumination” to our fleet”. The reactions from Twitter followers were quite funny…

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the tail of an airplane at night

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a black text on a white background

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Gotta give it up to AA for their polite response:

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5 comments

Aanarav Sareen April 7, 2013 - 5:15 pm

Next up: United adds an animating globe on their tail 😉

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The Weekly Flyer April 7, 2013 - 8:17 pm

Ding! How about a better in-flight bourbon?

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RJ Brown April 7, 2013 - 8:33 pm

Will the wait staff also be illuminating their tail as they move about the cabin?

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Sean April 7, 2013 - 11:25 pm

uh, haven’t tail lights been around since the dawn of the jet age?

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Carl April 8, 2013 - 12:39 am

I wish US carriers would use tail illumination on the ground. Most of the European and Asians seem to do so. Does it really burn that much fuel?

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