Originally Posted by
johnso29
I just mentioned it several posts back. The NWA Fleetplan had the last DC9 retiring after 2020. Many DC9s aren't much past 60,000 cycles. That's what I was told just last year by the DC9 Fleet Manager. I have no doubt that plans have changed under the merged plans, but you continually insist the DC9s are incapable of flying past 2012. That is not accurate.
Well in 1998 the DC-9 fleet had 65,000 to 70,000 cycles according to the NWA fleet manager. 10 years later you say they have less cycles now. I find that just a bit hard to believe. There is no doubt the airframes can go to 2020. I have never said they were incapable. What I have said is the current fleet plan is to have them all retired by the end of 2012. If they do the overhaul required around 100,000 cycles they can go to 200,000 cycles. There are no plans to do that overhaul. I have never seen a NWA fleet plan that had the aircraft flying to 2020. As you can see in 98 they planned to fly them to 2010. There was also a letter detailing NWA plans sent your MEC from NWA management. It was introduced as evidence at the hearings. Again your reps got a lot of info last week. Talk to them.