Originally Posted by
cardboardbox
I hear this every now and again. On the surface it sounds good. But to keep a few planes with all the accompanying parts, maintenance, training required (pilots and mechanics) keep up with manuals etc just for rescues and for spares doesn't make sense. Or, it doesn't make sense to me. I'm sure the finance guys have run the numbers.
Well it's already the last half of 2017, the 80s are toast at the end of 2019. They've managed to keep the 757 hanging around with 2-4 airframes for a while now.