George’s Point of View
When times are hard, we drive clunkers. Our old cars get older and rattier, but they’re paid for. It takes more money and more maintenance to keep them going, but when we weigh the merits of getting a new car, the weight of the new car note comes along with it, along with more expensive insurance to cover a more expensive car. So, is it any wonder that we take a sigh over the new car commercial, even as we open the car door and climb into last year’s model? (Or for some of us, last decade’s model.) So what if the tires are maypops and the bumper is held on with twist ties and it takes more than rubbing compound to get the scratches out? It gets us down the road.
The problem is that airlines are having the same issues.
Profits are down, fuel costs are going up, and even airlines have to pay for new planes. And unlike this year’s Lexus, new planes cost millions, even billions. This wouldn’t be so bad if planes were like cars, and the likeliest outcome for a junker is an inevitable call to AAA for a tow. Because, obviously, airplanes don’t just stop rolling when they quit. They fall out of the sky. And of course there are the lesser things that happen. Pieces of the fuselage fall off, or magically sport holes the size of footballs. Landing gears fail. They get stuck open or shut. Windshields crack for no known reason. Mysterious electrical fires play hide and seek inside the myriad of separate systems inside the cabin.
So many airlines struggling to stay afloat are pushing their older aircraft to their maximum life span, saving the expense of a new note–but that is balanced with the greater expense of maintaining older planes. The cost of everything is going up. (Consider that the new airbags by themselves are going to cost well over $1000 per seat.) Fortunately the FAA is working harder at monitoring maintenance guidelines, and policing the skies. The future of the industry in fact, may be riding on FAA Reauthorization Act. (Take a look at our sidebar where we have links to the FAA Reauthorization Act
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A Ghana Air Force Helicopter with registration number GHF 696 today [Tuesday, March 19, 2024] made an emergency landing Bonsukrom near Agona Nkwanta in the Western Region.Read More
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A Ghana Air Force Helicopter with registration number GHF 696 today [Tuesday, March 19, 2024] made an emergency landing Bonsukrom near Agona Nkwanta in the Western Region.Read More
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Air Force Helicopter carrying 21 makes emergency landing near Agona Nkwanta
A Ghana Air Force Helicopter with registration number GHF 696 today [Tuesday, March 19, 2024] made an emergency landing Bonsukrom near Agona Nkwanta in the Western Region.Read More
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Air Force Helicopter carrying 21 makes emergency landing near Agona Nkwanta
A Ghana Air Force Helicopter with registration number GHF 696 today [Tuesday, March 19, 2024] made an emergency landing Bonsukrom near Agona Nkwanta in the Western Region.Read More
Air Force Helicopter carrying 21 makes emergency landing near Agona Nkwanta
A Ghana Air Force Helicopter with registration number GHF 696 today [Tuesday, March 19, 2024] made an emergency landing Bonsukrom near Agona Nkwanta in the Western Region.Read More
Air Force Helicopter carrying 21 makes emergency landing near Agona Nkwanta
A Ghana Air Force Helicopter with registration number GHF 696 today [Tuesday, March 19, 2024] made an emergency landing Bonsukrom near Agona Nkwanta in the Western Region.Read More