Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
My verbiage was not precise. They have spares to rotate to the line when the jets go in the hangar, which happens quite frequently. They have the same number of operational spares as the rest of the fleet. They frequently run out of operational spares as there are more maintenance issues. Last I saw, the average hours per day was around 4 while the 88's would get 8-9. That is the point I was trying to make but did not say clearly.
Okay. That makes more sense. Thanks for the clarification.
I agree with you on the maintenance issues. I've only been on the airplane since last April, and haven't done all that much flying. But my limited experience has been that the airplanes break frequently.