Remembering that bitter day in 2011 when the Air Force reversed field and gave Boeing the massive tanker contract Mobilians were embracing as our own only made it that much sweeter Monday when the first Alabama-born 321A rolled across the tarmac at Brookley and was delivered to JetBlue.
The discount carrier had already named their newest asset “BluesMobile,” a play on a cinematic icon as well as an homage to the men and women who welded, bolted and outfitted the first U.S.-made Airbus. While I’m sure it wasn’t meant that way, the name could also serve as a sly jab at Boeing, which is headquartered in the Windy City where Jake and Elwood drove their Bluesmobile on a “mission from God.” Ever since that fateful day just over five years ago, it’s Mobile that’s looked like it was receiving holy guidance while the boys from Boeing have stumbled around like the buffoonish cops trying to keep The Blues Brothers from achieving their destiny.
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