Here’s what you do with two-thirds of the world’s jets when they can’t fly

sg.finance.yahoo.com ^ | 4/17/2020 | Anarog Katoky

[rktman]

No parking on the dance floor?

[sonova]

to ensure tanks stay lubricated.

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Gotcha. Lubricate the tanks. Perhaps change the air in the tires also.

[Psalm 73]

Anyone with knowledge of aircraft maintenance knows what a bear this effort is.
Aircraft are designed to fly, not to sit - a nightmare to store and a nightmare to make flight-ready again.

[LeonardFMason]

Keeps some people working.

[Ouchthatonehurt]

Some interesting stats on airplane service life:https://www.bts.gov/content/average-age-aircraft

[mad_as_he$$]

Most machinery doesn’t like to sit idle.

[Paladin2]

Kalitta has 21! 747s.

[eyeamok]

I flew over Victorville Airport last week, there are a whole lot of planes parked everywhere on that field.

[bigbob]

Learn to A&P

[Zathras]

“You call Yahoo and have them write a story how Trump is destroying the world”

[wastoute]

Nothing kills an outboard motor like just sitting.

[rktman]

Fill them with nitrogen. A little ‘armor all’ and it’ll be just fine.

[BuffaloJack]

Airline stocks are currently in the toilet.
Good time to buy, because they will rocket up when flights resume after COVID19.

[rktman]

Looks like Davos during a summit.

[HollyB]

It’s my don’s profession. Fortunately, he’s been working and flying daily.

[HollyB]

Son’s

[Responsibility2nd]

Put some 3,500 jets on a field in Florida. Wait for a grass fire. Collect insurance.

Problem solved.

(Well, it worked for rental cars.)

[Sequoyah101]

Another example of how we aren’t just bouncing back.

The counting of the cost of CCP flu is just beginning.

I don’t like what I’m feeling one little bit.

[Psalm 73]

Ahh, your son has JP-4 runnin’ through his veins - a noble craft indeed.

[Blood of Tyrants]

It really depends of the length of storage. A few weeks and the ground crew will perform an A-check and will probably start the engines and run them to check hydraulics and electrical and flight control systems. The avionics guys will go in and do prefunctory communications and navigation and autopilot checks. Takes a couple of hours.