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.
I don't know if this has been stated yet, but I just heard that the DC-9 fleet willbe gone in 12-18 months.