Hellcopter:
You need to pay some money into the bank for your postings are now marked "Account Closed". Does this mean that you have withdrawn from the discussion?
Denzil:
I have just looked up another one of my reference books and it says that Amtran purchased Royal Jordanian -500s JY-AGA to JY-AGE (N160AT-N164AT) and that they are configured to 307Y which is indeed above just above 300 but quite a lot short of the rest of Amtran's L-1011s which are stated as 362Y.
Alapt:
I think you have made the right choice but I have to admit that two of you raising a 410-lb door manually after a total electrical failure is indeed quite interesting. Fear is quite a motivating factor but I always reckoned that I could always manage it out of the DV window with a rope!