A 3-5 year timeframe for retiring the 9's is what I heard, but it was pointed out that some of them could fly for as many as 20 years FROM NOW. Not that anyone is saying they would fly that long for DAL, just that they could. Gotta love that airplane.
It was also mentioned that 3 of the 320's that we got in 1989 are already in the desert, parked, retired, caput, gone, ect.
Nobody had better not say nothing bad about my DC-9. I am proud to fly it and I will be sad when they leave. But, at this rate, I might retire before they do.
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