Originally Posted by
4runner
they are most certainly not in poor condition.
I don't know anything about these F-5s but knowing that they were operated and maintained by the Swiss, I could agree with your comment. I worked with an operator in the US for awhile at a time when the company was purchasing several retired DC-9s from the now defunct Swissair. The Swiss aircraft had been so well maintained and in such good shape that the company couldn't understand why the Swiss had disposed of them. We quickly realized that it was the Swiss-quality/culture in action. The guys in Flight Dispatch boasted that the used Swiss aircraft were the most reliable in their fleet.