Originally Posted by
msbbarratt
I know that, but the price of second hand A320s / A340s nowadays probably means that they can be bought, have all the kit wheeled on board, holes drilled where required, painted grey, flown until they fall to bits and thrown away, and replaced with another.
Bit of a shame for the boys and girls on the aeroplane when it falls apart and drowns them in the deep ocean, but then what's a few dead aircrew against a good piece of armchair engineering...
PDR