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Southwest is in the process of moving all of its MAX8s to the Victorville, the airplane graveyard in the desert. I doubt they'll scrap them but it smacks of lo
by inferiorhuman 8y ago
Southwest is in the process of moving all of its MAX8s to the Victorville, the airplane graveyard in the desert. I doubt they'll scrap them but it smacks of long-term parking.
- jonknee 8y ago> I doubt they'll scrap them but it smacks of long-term parking. Oh please, they're not being scrapped. But a working airport is not a proper place to store large jets.
- xeromal 8y agoProbably costs them a pretty penny every day they are there.
- joezydeco 8y agoThe 5 at Midway are parked at a Southwest maintenance hangar, so it’s probably a bit cheaper than public airport space.
- inferiorhuman 8y agoOh please, they're not being scrapped. Which is what I said. But a working airport is not a proper place to store large jets. Short-term it's fine. If the expectation is that the MAX will be allowed to fly in a few weeks it makes sense to keep the airplanes at strategically chosen airports. This'll make it easier to bring them back into service. If the assumption is that the MAX will be grounded for a long period of time it makes more sense to stash them at a graveyard like Victorville.
- hitekker 8y agoThe weird thing is that the GP quoted your comment that the planes won’t be scraped, and then he tried to one-up you... by agreeing that the planes won’t be scrapped. Utterly bizarre.
- joezydeco 8y agoAre the MAX8s grounded from flying altogether, or just from carrying passengers?
- ethbro 8y agoThe article answers this.
- inferiorhuman 8y agoIn the United States ferry flights are allowed (and you can watch as Southwest moves their planes to the desert). In other countries it'll vary. There are definitely some MAX8s stranded in out of the way places in Europe.