Originally Posted by
Precontact
Heard it from a reliable source last night that today the fate of the DC-8 gets decided. Supposedly there's a high level meeting in Louisville today about it. The planes could be parked as soon as this June, and/or completely gone after peak (Jan 2010).
For about 3 weeks I have heard 3 dates for the retirement. June, Sept., and Dec. 26. I think June would make more sense as we have a bunch of 75's that are sitting around doing nothing. Let the displacement games begin.