I was wondering the same thing myself. I wonder if, and who, will cover the loss of flying that Alitalia covered.

Yes, but you have to know the special techniques to use Douglas parts on another Douglas jet. You have to consider the amount the airplane itself is out of production tolerances, then how many shims you need to make the part fit. Consider cutting, or beating the part (including electronics) with a hammer to get acceptable dimensional fit, then shim it back into tolerance.

If it were a Boeing part you would say it is "bent." In Douglas terminology you say it is "pre-loaded." Here's a diagram for those visually inclined from the part of the Douglas assemblage manual that was recovered from the bathroom in Long Beach. It was found wrapped in dryer sheets under a copy of "How to smoke weed and not get caught."

To the extent that the money losing routes are covered, somebody's throwing $1.7 Billion on the table to buy something, and we aren't players. Also consider over $7B has been thrown at that airline just since I began counting ... and it's turned a profit, once (16 years ago), since being founded in 1946.

This is an expensive access / Certificate of Convenience, scheme.

No great loss. It will be interesting to see how long the sand fleas will participate in the losses of Alitalia. (Some on here will know what I mean with that statement). :cool:

The word "lint" there is incorrect. Proper usage of that word would be thus: "I lint over and whispered in her ear".

Not just that... I'd consider it a good thing. Alitalia blows.

What if that allows the fleas to participate fully in the EU/US open sky's ?

Thru Alitalia? If they want to throw their money down the rat hole, that's fine. But.... the scary thing would be our government's willingness to allow sand fleas to do that flying. I am sure they would be OK with it.

No matter how much I try I cannot get in the backdoor. I keep periodically trying and no luck each and every time.

Thanks fellas..