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| Quoting Eagleboy (Reply 1): I was following a disposal last year where and A333 flew BOD-BGR-GWO. (Currently being parted out) |
| Quoting zkojq (Reply 6): Which A333 was that, just out of curiosity? |
| Quoting gdg9 (Reply 9): Why fly it all the way to the U.S. for scrapping? Surely there are scrapyards in Europe - I know I've seen photos of a few heavies getting cut up in the UK. Is the cost that much better in the U.S.? |
| Quoting gdg9 (Reply 9): Why fly it all the way to the U.S. for scrapping? Surely there are scrapyards in Europe - I know I've seen photos of a few heavies getting cut up in the UK. Is the cost that much better in the U.S.? |
| Quoting flyingalex (Reply 14): I wonder how the crew positioned home after the flight - a rental car and then LH's ATL-FRA? |
| Quoting wilco737 (Reply 15): Quoting flyingalex (Reply 14): I wonder how the crew positioned home after the flight - a rental car and then LH's ATL-FRA? Most probably something like that. Done that myself when I flew out of VCV. Flew into LAX and then drove up to VCV. wilco737 |
| Quoting wilco737 (Reply 15): Most probably something like that. Done that myself when I flew out of VCV. Flew into LAX and then drove up to VCV. |
| Quoting trigged (Reply 16): Why not just fly CO 4384 from Memphis to Newark then LH 403 to Frankfurt? Only a 97 mile drive from Tupelo to Memphis. The drive from TUP to ATL is over 280 miles. |
| Quoting notaxonrotax (Reply 17): You´ve ever done a trip report for that one? Must be amazing to be the one to "blow off the dust" from the controls etc. |
| Quoting notaxonrotax (Reply 17): I imagine there was some LH Technik personnel before you; and then how does it work? Did they have to move a lot of planes around to free "yours" up? Looking at those VCV pics, it can get pretty crowded! |
| Quoting notaxonrotax (Reply 17): I for one would be interested in more details on how you fly a plane out of long time storage. And into storage for that matter.......do you drop off "the keys" (paperwork etc) in the VCV office and jump in your hire car or is there a more lengthy protocol in place? |
| Quoting wilco737 (Reply 18): No, no trip reports. I used to do some, but because of some weird emails of some a.net users I stopped it |
| Quoting wilco737 (Reply 18): Ours were partly stored, so the company taking care of the airplane had to check it every once in a while and move it and have a good eye on it. So after a little over a year, the conditions the airplanes were in, were pretty good. |
| Quoting wilco737 (Reply 18): So we ferried them to XMN where they had to enjoy a long and expensive check. |
| Quoting wilco737 (Reply 2): Sounds reasonable. I guess in TUP costums clearance is not possible. Thanks for the info. |
| Quoting trigged (Reply 16): Quoting wilco737 (Reply 15): Quoting flyingalex (Reply 14): I wonder how the crew positioned home after the flight - a rental car and then LH's ATL-FRA? Most probably something like that. Done that myself when I flew out of VCV. Flew into LAX and then drove up to VCV. wilco737 Why not just fly CO 4384 from Memphis to Newark then LH 403 to Frankfurt? Only a 97 mile drive from Tupelo to Memphis. The drive from TUP to ATL is over 280 miles. |
| Quoting redrooster3 (Reply 21): What was her last scheduled flight? |
| Quoting notaxonrotax (Reply 19): So there are companies dedicated to maintaining stored aircraft, moving them around etc. |
| Quoting notaxonrotax (Reply 19): Interesting, does LH have a maintenance base there? |
| Quoting notaxonrotax (Reply 19): So how did you get home from XMN? Hitch a ride to the closest lufthansa commercial connection? |
| Quoting pwm2txlhopper (Reply 20): Remember, airline crews can deadhead on other carriers if seats are open. |
| Quoting notaxonrotax (Reply 19): Interesting, does LH have a maintenance base there? |
| Quoting pwm2txlhopper (Reply 20): Remember, airline crews can deadhead on other carriers if seats are open. Most airlines are part of a reciprocal agreement that permits crews from other carriers to fly if they're is space available. Last week there was an Air Tran first officer on my DL flight from ATL-PWM. I talked to him and he said he was flying the PWM-BWI flight early the next morning. |
| Quoting wilco737 (Reply 23): Yes, that's true. But on such trips we usually get a fully booked ticket. That's at least what i got when deadheading with other airlines and I dead headed a lot with AA and sometimes DL. |
