ASFKAP. Your assertion that the Brits are unable to maintain the L1011 is absolute and unadulterated crap. Maybe you should look up Stuart Johns, former head honcho of Cathay Pacific Airways maintenance and get set straight. Cathay operated up to 19 Tristars with plenty of Brit and Australasian expats leading the way. They were maintained to as good a standard as any and better than most. As for 411A's assertion that any civil outfit being run by ex-Military people is doomed to failure, equally absolute crap. Stick to the facts guys and keep your prejudice's to yourselves. I think 411A flies a kite as well as the L1011, which by the way the Brits had much input into as far as the design of the auto-flight system was concerned, to say nothing of the RB211 family of engines.