Originally Posted by
Soyathink
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Airlines_(5M)
I seem to recall a browntail 744 stopping off @ LPLA more than once with in the last year.
How many years has it been since the 8 flew out of CONUS?
So UPS sold a 40 year old plane that was not reliable and expensive to operate to a company that has 2 63's, 1 71 and a saab and 2 jetstream's.
So you are saying UPS should have kept the 8 and not send the 744 for CRAF flights?
No, however, UPS could have kept the 8's and backfilled domino style to provide the MD-11 capacity to fly more DOD International Airlift charters (not CRAF, which isn't activated presently).
Takes real management to make the profit. UPS has smart people, so very possible if they wanted to make the money to manage the volumes between core business and the likewise profitable DOD charters. FedEx has a good management program to do exactly what UPS could accomplish.