Gotta few thousand hours in both airplanes and no question about in the L1011 was a sweet ride. On the other hand the 1011 could be a real maintenance nightmare and I'm pretty confident that the operating costs on the Lockheed were well in excess of the DC10. When I see these birds working for some of these 3rd world operators it makes me shudder to think about the maintenance and where they get their parts much less the knowledgable mechanics to work on them. I flew the 1011 at a company that could darn near build one from scratch if they had the build plate, so I was always thankfull that we had that degree of expertise in the hangar and ramps. I would love to fly one of these again, but the thought of moving to some 4th world country cools those ideas quickly.
