That's probably because they have been paid off for many, many years, and all they 'cost' to fly is the gas and oil, flight crew and mx. all of which are at the bottom of the 'cost' charts.

That's the same reason I drive all my cars until they die. After they are paid off, they are pretty cheap to own, just pay for gas and oil, tires and brakes, every auto I have has over 150,000 miles on it and still going strong...and cheap, oh, and the insurance cost goes down as they age too, since they are less valuable. (1997 Tahoe, 2004 Suburban, 2007 F150).

I think it also due to the fact that the 9 runs on coal....much cheaper than fuel.

And lawn clippings too, right?

The DC 9, the original Bio Fuel Airplane! :D

I was pretty sure that the 757 longbody is the most profitable airframe in the fleet. Seems that that is what we hear at every LCP meeting anyway.

Then why don't we get some more? They should go after them like they go after used 88s/90s!

With Departure procedures and RNAV arrivals, the poor 1980's computers in the MD88/90 and 737 need this:

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Maybe we could do a deal with UniCal and trade the 757-300s for the 767-400s... :eek:

Actually I don't think there are that many out there, but I have been wondering the same thing.

Damn you.. I kept waiting for something to load.

Laughing my a** off..