Originally Posted by
Ancient Observer
BA in particular, continue to use RR engined 747s the noise will not decrease. It still has c 36 of them, with, apparently, something like 34 "in storage" (??) (Airfleets.net). They are supposed to be all gone in 6 years time. And pigs might fly.
So according to “airfleets” BA had 70 744’s on their books? Probably a good job you put the ?? in there. I thought at it’s peak the BA fleet was in the upper 50’s (?58). As far as the retired airframes go I’m not sure what is meant by “storing” ...
AFAIK BA haven’t got 34 intact 744’s on a shelf somewhere, certainly some of the former BA airframes went to the desert for good.
I’d agree aviation is a funny old game, you never known what’s around the corner (cf. the current 788 problems) but looking at the 788 and A350 delivery schedules, plus the way internal pilot postings are being promulgated and handled if BA do have any 744’s left in another 6 years it’ll be a handful of any at all.