Questions about painting a passenger jet - Page 2

Jetjok · 10-26-2009, 09:17 PM

Anyone else ever notice that airlines seem to paint their jets in new livery either right before they declare bankruptcy, or immediately upon coming out of it.

JJ

tomgoodman · 10-26-2009, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Jetjok

Anyone else ever notice that airlines seem to paint their jets in new livery either right before they declare bankruptcy, or immediately upon coming out of it.

JJ

Sometimes it looks like every new CEO wants to "mark his territory" by repainting the fleet. We used to have a number of paint jobs in use at the same time, causing some airplanes to emerge from maintenance with "clown noses", mismatched engine nacelles, etc.

Chente · 10-27-2009, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Green Banana

The Alaska Fisheries Marketing Board and Alaskan Airlines have gone into a joint venture to promote the sale of fresh seafood from Alaska. Essentially, the plane is a flying billboard for fresh Alaskan seafood.

Alaska Airlines paid for $75,000 of the paint job. The total cost was in the range of $300,000. The remainder of the tab was picked up by American taxpayers.

Alaska Airlines Salmon-Thirty-Salmon Boeing 737-400

I dont work for ALASKA but it bugs me when people call it "Alaskan"....
Its ALASKA guys....not "Alaskan".
I realize you didn't write the above but just something I thought I would point out.

Riddler · 10-27-2009, 03:31 AM

You guys remember Western Pacific, based out of Colorado Springs in the mid 1990s? I think just about every one of their jets had a crazy paint scheme.

btwissel · 10-27-2009, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Riddler

You guys remember Western Pacific, based out of Colorado Springs in the mid 1990s? I think just about every one of their jets had a crazy paint scheme.

Braniff, the jelly bean fleet...

pipe · 10-27-2009, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Jetjok

Anyone else ever notice that airlines seem to paint their jets in new livery either right before they declare bankruptcy, or immediately upon coming out of it.

JJ

I'll bet that you wouldn't have to dig too deep to find the personal financial relationship between the airline officers and boards and the major interests at the paint facilities.

PIPE

Globerunner513 · 10-27-2009, 12:46 PM

A friend of mine paints widebodies at the Boeing plant here in Seattle, and from what I remember, a typical paint job costs about $500,000 I beleive. Of course it goes up as the detail increases.
Apparently Air Canada tails are what they hate the most. It uses something like 7 or 8 layers to complete. I don't recall the price tag on that scheme though.

Wheels up · 10-28-2009, 08:06 AM

It must be cheap because Delta changes their livery every couple years or so. I don't even know what the current livery is anymore.

Wheels up · 10-28-2009, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Green Banana

The Alaska Fisheries Marketing Board and Alaskan Airlines have gone into a joint venture to promote the sale of fresh seafood from Alaska. Essentially, the plane is a flying billboard for fresh Alaskan seafood.

Alaska Airlines paid for $75,000 of the paint job. The total cost was in the range of $300,000. The remainder of the tab was picked up by American taxpayers.

Alaska Airlines Salmon-Thirty-Salmon Boeing 737-400

How much of the cost was kickbacks and graft off the taxpayer's back? That paint job is disgusting. What next? An advertisement for condoms?

FlyingViking · 10-28-2009, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Wheels up

It must be cheap because Delta changes their livery every couple years or so. I don't even know what the current livery is anymore.

I think it is the pink one for a few more days...

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