Originally Posted by
dreadFOroberts
UA owns the planes, engines and provides the fuel, so the only expense is paying the crews to move the airplanes. Hardly a significant amount of money.
Would United pay for the fuel to perform a Part 91 repo from IAH-LNK? Genuinely don't know, but I don't see why whoever is footing the bill would willingly pick up a 12,000-15,000 lb fuel bill to send a 145 round trip from IAH-LNK. That's like $5k in fuel, per maintenance event, for no real reason. I can't claim to know more than you about the situation, but that sounds like a lot of money to spend on something that could have been done for no further cost in Albany after and before revenue 121 flights.