Breaking on the wheel is SO old-fashioned - but we can go with "corruption of blood". 
Posted on 03/12/2022 5:41:15 PM PST by TigerLikesRoosterNew
There is a legal loophole. Russian-operated aircraft are not allowed in Western airspace. For that reason they can’t be flown back by Russian pilots. On the other hand, the owners can’t use their pilots to repossess because they are banned from the Russian airspace. Add to that a ban on Russian transactions meaning the companies do not get their lease payments anymore. Count the planes as a gift.
Airlines will not be paying their Lessors
Do the banks have insurance against War interruption?
Cascade of debt failure???
It seems that lessors, airlines, insurance companies, and banks will have real headaches ahead. This is on top of Covid-induced depression.
What would future air travel look like?
This should make for some interesting episodes of “Air Repo”!
Hah!
Yup. Us too.
Planes siezed by the Russians will never need spare parts, right?
See also corruption of blood.
Breaking on the wheel is SO old-fashioned - but we can go with "corruption of blood".
once we stole their foreign reserves, all bets were off.
New companies arise from the ashes of bankruptcy and pick up assets on the cheap
The Gubmint bails out Black Rock and the other high rollers
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