Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
Best public source for that is the bloggers over on airliners.net.
I have been hearing that the 5500 series 757 will get painted and receive the new interiors. Ala, no retirement. We will use them on short haul stuff. That is great news.
As for what is at Pineal and VCV, it is about 40-50 767/757 series jets. It is a rolling number as some come in and other go out to SAT to get their heavy checks.
If that is true it would be excellent news. Retiring those 5500 series 757's would be a big blow. One would think they could use those for the FL shuttle out of ATL, or for heavier domestic loads in general.