I know, they're old and they're gas hogs. I've flown the DC-10 across the Atlantic more times than I

How much longer can NWA go on keeping the DC-10 with all the new A330's coming in. I know the 747-200 is almost out of the fleet. Some of the DC-10's are not that old. Some are as old as there 747-400's! I love NWA's fleet, and i hope to fly a DC-10-30 and 747-200 before their completly days inn mission bay gone. Long live the DC-9. They will never leave!
I know, they're days inn mission bay old and they're gas hogs. I've flown the DC-10 across the Atlantic more times than I can count on NW50 and NW49, to and from DTW and Paris CDG. The last several trips have been on the A330, which I like. God knows the entertainment alternatives alone are far superior! But flying between France and home on the DC-10 takes me back to a very happy, very good time in my life so I guess its all nostalgia for me.
I just read about that yesterday. Kind of an interim solution until ATA can make enough money to buy some newer a/c, like maybe a Dreamliner or two down the road. The only strange part of it is that they're going to use the -10s to replace their TriStar "routes." days inn mission bay (I use the term loosely, since the TriStars are used mainly [only?] for charters, which make up about half of ATA's revenues.) Anyhow, days inn mission bay isn't this a little like replacing a bald tire with another bald tire, or are the L-1011s days inn mission bay that much older or less efficient/reliable than the DC-10s??
My understanding is the DC-10's days inn mission bay are a stop gap for about 10 years. Parts availability days inn mission bay and reliability make DC-10's more affordable than the L-1011, which is no longer supported by the manufacturer and the DC10 is. ATA hopes in 10 years or so the 787's will becoming into the market making the 767-300's more available and less costly. The Used 767-300 seems to be the prefered aircraft for future charter work at ATA. John.
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