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Old 25th Aug 2009, 07:46
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Plenty of help from local airlines?
Hey Tinpis , the pre-broken up ones there ain't much left of them ...

A few years ago the operators were buying B727 and 737s out of Mojave USA (lots of ex American Airlines aircraft and they weren't too bad) and as soon as they hit a C or D check or a big expense item they parked it and bought another so there were a lot of pickings.

They changed the rules a few years ago so that pax aircraft had to be less than 20 yrs old for an initial import and in reality the majority aircraft being imported are 10 to 15 yrs old so that all stopped.

The only damaged Boeing that we salvaged was a B737-200 with a nose gear collapse , the rest were all parked due to economics (it was cheaper to buy another one than fix).

We've stopped doing Boeing Pterodactyls (727 and 737-200) for the moment as the market is flooded with parts and too slow moving.

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