Prepare Yourselves... 2021 AEs
05-12-2021, 10:38 AM
#2754
Roll’n Thunder
Joined APC: Oct 2009
Position: Pilot
Posts: 3,555
Originally Posted by saturn
We've "unretired" 5 A320s, and a handful of 767-300s. However the explanation was it was a short-term thing to utilize green time. Could this be the same deal with the 717s?
05-12-2021, 12:52 PM
#2755
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2006
Posts: 1,233
Originally Posted by saturn
We've "unretired" 5 A320s, and a handful of 767-300s. However the explanation was it was a short-term thing to utilize green time. Could this be the same deal with the 717s?
Its possible with low-ish loads and if recovery is sluggish we might keep them longer?
maybe even less domestic more international in the bid package mix?
05-12-2021, 04:03 PM
#2757
seeing the large hubs...
Joined APC: Oct 2006
Position: 73N A
Posts: 3,706
Originally Posted by Lifeisgood
I keep thinking about what post-covid recovery will do to our 767-300 retirement timeline.
Its possible with low-ish loads and if recovery is sluggish we might keep them longer?
maybe even less domestic more international in the bid package mix?
Its possible with low-ish loads and if recovery is sluggish we might keep them longer?
maybe even less domestic more international in the bid package mix?
05-13-2021, 05:13 AM
#2758
Super Moderator
Joined APC: Dec 2007
Position: DAL 330
Posts: 6,868
Sorry to break it to you guys but the reason we are "un-retiring" the 717s is becasue they were never properly retired in the first place. We will get them back flying - complete a brand new interior Mod - then properly retire them. Someone in quality assurance found out we retired a fleet without the "required" pre-retirement Mod and went ballistic. 
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05-13-2021, 06:56 AM
#2759
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2009
Position: Fetal
Posts: 1,148
Originally Posted by Scoop
Sorry to break it to you guys but the reason we are "un-retiring" the 717s is becasue they were never properly retired in the first place. We will get them back flying - complete a brand new interior Mod - then properly retire them. Someone in quality assurance found out we retired a fleet without the "required" pre-retirement Mod and went ballistic.
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Scoop
Right! We gotta get those screens in them first!
05-13-2021, 07:16 AM
#2760
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Joined APC: Sep 2015
Position: UNA
Posts: 4,419
Originally Posted by Scoop
Sorry to break it to you guys but the reason we are "un-retiring" the 717s is becasue they were never properly retired in the first place. We will get them back flying - complete a brand new interior Mod - then properly retire them. Someone in quality assurance found out we retired a fleet without the "required" pre-retirement Mod and went ballistic.
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