Originally Posted by JohnBurke

You really want to go down that road, don't you?

You have a reading comprehension problem.

It doesn't matter what the source of information showing where those aircraft are and how long they've been there. Some have been grounded for six months. If you think you can show any of that information inaccurate, then do it. It was accurate at the time I posted it, given that some aircraft were in the air.

I do understand the difference between scheduled maintenance, and unscheduled maintenance, airworthy, and unairworthy.

WGA very much operates on a kick-the-can-down-the-road principle. Airplanes don't sit unless they actually have no business, or it's a heavy check, or they're broken, and unless they're at a maintenance base, if they're sitting for more than a few hours, or even more than a day or two, they're broken. Again, the western global way. You really want to go over that list in more detail?

It's irrelevant how many aircrraft a company keeps airworthy? Really? Did you actually think that out before you posted it? THINK.

You just posted that based on my theory, any aircraft that sits for more than a day is unairworthy. I said no such thing, but YOU just did. Speak for yourself, if you're capable. I speak very well for myself, and have no need for you to attribute your lies to me.

You call this a vendetta? Good god, no. You are so naive, then? If I had a vendetta, WGA would be out of business right now. I have no vendetta. Your compadre opened the door just now, all but daring a posting of the current state of the aircraft. Vendetta? Simple public facts; that's no vendetta. That's a posting of information which I have already noted can be obtained by anyone here.

Incheon isn't your maintenance base; mechanics can't bring parts or tools through the fence. They can't even get oxygen. Maintenance gets done there because it needs to get done, and any delays taken there are not scheduled maintenance. Likewise, aircraft sitting at LAX or ANC, are not there for scheduled maintenance, and aircraft that have been there for days, or weeks, are certainly not simply airworthy airplanes resting between flights. The comparison to FedEx by your buddy was idiotic, and he knew it, and you know it, too.

I have posted repeatedly stating quite clearly that I wish WGA the best; it has the capability of being something if Neff can stop doing what he's always done and run the company properly, starting with maintenance. Will you come here and state for the record that the maintenance is not deplorable? If you can say that, then you're either grossly ignorant, or a liar. Which? Nothing here is unfixable. WGA can fix any of the problems that have plagued them so long. WGA, as a micromanaged organization run from the top down with the same philosophy in every department, chooses not to fix those problems, because one man makes those choices, and the agenda is kick-the-can-down-the-road. Aircraft rolls hard left when the slats are deployed? No problem. Belittle the guy writting it up, then sign it off as "could not duplicate," and see if the next crew will write it up.
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There's no vendetta. If you think that posting in a thread on a web board is a "vendetta," then you've lived a happy, sheltered life.

This thread had been dormant for some time, remarkable given that all the other ACMI carrier's have had active threads, but this has been quiet. I posted a simple bit of public information, and got challenged for it. Fine. We'll look at the aircraft. Pull back the curtain and have a look. Apparently this offends you. It's a bit of a conundrum, you see: you can't really be offended when the simple facts and simple truth is printed using widely available public information, and yet keep telling the lies you do.

WGA doesn't have 72% of it's MD-11 fleet parked because that's the business model...except insofar as the business model is run the aircraft until they're broken, and only then fix something. WGA isn't parking 72% of the fleet because this makes good business sense, and because they have a lively preventative maintenance program and customer programs that have those aircraft parked. The damn things are broken. You know this. Stop playing spin doctor and speak the truth. You have a problem with that. So does your employer.

I was quite content to post none of this, until further was invited by your compadre. Do your arms ever get weary waving those pom-poms so vigorously? You feel good about yourself telling these lies?

Tell some more.