From: Bob.Stettina@fquest.FidoNet.Org (Bob Stettina)
Subject: NEW AIRCRAFT TU-154M
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 DJ> Subject: New aircraft TU-154M for leasing, set spare parts.
>>>>>Category: Offers to leasing >>>>Headline: New Aircraft TU-154M
>>>>
>>>>Mr. Director Agabalaevich:
>>>>
>>>>BTW, are these guys out of their [....] minds, or was
>>>>our propaganda so effective that they believe some
>>>>netters could actually buy such stuff and land in
>>>>their driveway? Too much soda pop, too quick...
>>>
>>Go look up Tu 154M, it should be in most AIRLINER hand-books.
>>
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>>Sgt. D.J. Morton                        Environmental Resource Sciences
>>Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment     Trent University
>>                                        Peterborough, Ontario
>>                                        K9J 7B8  Canada
 DJ> There are a few things wrong with the potential sale of this 
 DJ> aircraft: 

 DJ> There is starting to be a glut of new aircraft on the market
 DJ> (Airlines are taking delivery, then mothballing their new 
 DJ> planes). 

 DJ> Unless the fuel efficiency is better than the Airbus 320 or 
 DJ> Boeing 767, this plane is not economically feasible for the 
 DJ> major players (airlines). Unless the price is real cheap, and 
 DJ> you have an owner that doesn't care about fuel economy (Saudi 
 DJ> Family, maybe??) sales ought to be pretty glim. 

Ummm...

I'd be surprised if you couldn't find a gov't aid program to
subsidize and/or underwrite the lease...  that could make it
quite an attractive arrangement...

Bizarre?  Yes.  Impossible?  Not really...

... Life is like... an analogy!  Yeah!  That's the ticket!