Budgie69 - the stately old L10s have a design life far in excess of that of the current crop of birds. And not one design related crash, either!
Litebulbs - yup, none of these black box whotsits that each cost as much as a five bedroomed house in Mayfair; real aircraft those L10s!
sky9 - all very true, but I suspect that Stoddart is doing what Air Atlanta have done very successfully - take aircraft that have a few years remaining to their D checks, fly them and chuck them away. There's a good couple of million profit just in the maintenance reserves you don't need - at least it will keep Minardi in F1 for the next season!
The only reason for the price of oil to soom up will be if the current 'policing actions' start to involve the Middle East.
Frankly, if that happens then it's going to be game over for us all - so I wouldn't worry about it!