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the 1990s was the golden age of planespotting. from ancient dc-8, 707s, and 727s to modern a330s, 777s, and md-11s and everything inbetween. you could see concordes, l-1011s, 747-100/200 and 747-400s, 737s, 757s, 767s, a300s, a310s, a320s, a340s, BAEs, fokkers, NAMCs and more. go watch any video of planespotting back then and compare it to planespotting today. here is LAX in 1997 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po2a4TgBmAQ and lax in. now it feels like every plane is just some 737/a320/e175 spin off with no variety. plane makers dont experiment with design anymore and airlines dont have unique or varied fleets.
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why don't they experiment as much with designs anymoar?
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>>152454
money. due to fuel costs trijets and quadjets like the md-11, dc-10, and 747 fell out of fashion. pilot costs are also another factor, easier to have just a few planes than many. also airlines opted for frequency after 9/11 which led to popular routes like LAX-SFO and LAX-LAS to be serviced by 20 E175s per day instead of like 3 767s or 4 757s.
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