RE: [AMD] Television program "A week in the life of....American Airlines"

Could it be that they were talking about the time when they were undergoing the conversion from the pointy style to the screwdriver tailcones? thanks, ahmed http://www.airlinercafe.com http://www.fcdecals.com --- On Sun, 6/28/09, keith ryder <keith_ryder@hotmail.com> wrote: From: keith ryder <keith_ryder@hotmail.com> Subject: RE: [AMD] Television program "A week in the life of....American Airlines" To: "group airlinermod" <airlinermodelling@yahoogroups.com> Date: Sunday, June 28, 2009, 3:08 PM > American also makes their own MD-80 tailcones for $37,000 rather than pay Boeing more than $250,000 for one. I thought that >was pretty interesting too. Just out of interest Jeff, did they give any indication of how often they would have to replace a tailcone - & why? I realise that's a significant saving, but in this 'throw-away' age I find it remarkable that they go to the trouble of doing so, unless they have a very large turnover in tailcones? Keith EGFW (who hopes the programme may get shown on a UK satellite channel one day!)

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