I'll drink to that ! Betcha I am the first one to think of that. <grin> Bob Fletcher Robert.Fletcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx MILITARY DESIGN SECTION 10th Floor SW, CUBE 134 (916) 557-7235, 1325 J Street, Sacramento, CA. 95814-2922 -----Original Message----- From: RT Simpson [mailto:BraniffIntl@xxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 2:50 PM To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: The Stuff Beer Cans Are Made Of In a message dated 11/25/2003 9:59:14 AM US Mountain Standard Time, DZTOPS@xxxxxxx writes: > Wouldnt it be cool if there was an airline only flying vintage acft? Like > Connys and Boeing Stratoloungers and stuff like that? Would be somewhere > all > those displaced and laid off mechanics could work...... > Yeah, that's the ticket. High operating costs, high maintenance costs and a bunch of us big talking, little dinero foamers as passengers! To make it work you'd be paying Concorde prices...and even they were uneconomical. There is a reason why a lot of older planes are in the boneyards or have gone on to become beer cans. RT Simpson Phoenix Not a fan of flying planes made when The Monkees were popular!