Sig
2017
- Joined
- Aug 29, 2003
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I think that the simple answer is, there never was any intention of painting planes. Certainly not in 2005 or not in 2006, possibly not even today.
Just excuse after excuse, or should I say lie after lie.
I wish I knew who you were. You're exactly right- there's no way they ever intended to paint these planes.
While shooting the feces in the outdoor smoking lounge in CLT, a couple of us came to that conclusion and have decided to keep playing with management on this topic; let's see just how creative they can get!
Two other ideas cropped up: Either they've been serious about flushing the fleet, or they're serious about flushing the fleet while replacing it.
I mean, the 400 and Piedmont's clapped out fleet has been a hot topic since Wolf, for chrissakes. Following the latest CEO's rhetoric, he imagines that PDT would be more viable with a 300 and 400 (sized) fleet. SO why in god's name would you paint a 100?
It's just a band-aid on top of a festering infection.