If West Wing got it right, they stitched up a good standing charge for the airframe. If they were desperate to offload it, maybe they didn't.
The popular (and sometimes profitable) way to run old aircraft is to get high standing charges, set nothing aside for overhaul or repair and hope to hell that the lessee does not put any wear and tear on them by actually flying them.
Of course this assumes that the lessor gets paid.
Noted that FS are advertising again, so what happened to the training mentioned above?