Originally Posted by
Bobbsy
Er, it would take a lot of sweet statistics to make a $65 million aircraft uneconomic to repair.
Bobbsy
especially when you add in the cost of subcharters, delays and the like. it isn't as simple as the insurance bods telling the operator to go down to Airbusland and pick a new one off the forecourt.
In the real world of IT flying there might be a full year of flying awaiting that aircraft before a replacement could be sourced. Subchartering ain't cheap and certainly not when it's wet leasing at short notice.