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Old 14th May 2009, 02:59
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Freewheel
 
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Dick,

A random thought based on nothing more than my own juices;

Could it be that this may spur a period of fleet renewal or an opportunity for Australian companies to become leaders in ADS-B globally? At least it's not a weird unique system that won't ever be used anywhere else.

As many corporate aircraft go deeper into their inspection/overhaul cycles, they may become candidates for replacement, rather than upgrade. They may also attract a higher price on the overseas market than when they become clapped out bolt buckets. I doubt this will change the recession forced sales much anyway.

Hardly seems worthwhile for a lazy 100k+ but you never know.

BTW - my guess is that Qantas is going to pounce on any cancelled 787 orders to punt the 767's as quickly as possible ala 2001/2......
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