Originally Posted by
wheels_down
Certainly not flown as hard as some loco’s here, but they are costly to fix in general day to day operations. Virgin and JetBlue walked away due to engineering reasons.
If it’s a case of what I assume is non existent maintenance or just neglect in general then it’s probably cheaper to buy a new one.
JetBlue will have been operating the 190 for 20 years when they get phased out. There was no walking away.