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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 1069627" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>The 727's are to be expected, but not the widebodies, especially the A310's. FedEx basically purchased the entire United Airlines DC10 fleet, the last of which was transferred over to FedEx ownership in August, 2002. As far as I know, all of these were converted to MD10's, which were supposed to have a service life of 20 years. The DC10 to MD10 conversion essentially creates a "new" aircraft. Currently, there are no more FedEx DC10's flying...everything Douglas is either an MD10 or an MD11.</p><p></p><p>This was a huge miscalculation on the part of Express management, and a failure of epic proportions. The B767F was readily available, and had been for 9 years. I can remember seeing freshly-converted MD10's still in UAL colors when I flew through OAK in 2005, so some of these planes are going to fly for less than 10 years and then be scrapped.</p><p></p><p>Work harder, not smarter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 1069627, member: 12508"] The 727's are to be expected, but not the widebodies, especially the A310's. FedEx basically purchased the entire United Airlines DC10 fleet, the last of which was transferred over to FedEx ownership in August, 2002. As far as I know, all of these were converted to MD10's, which were supposed to have a service life of 20 years. The DC10 to MD10 conversion essentially creates a "new" aircraft. Currently, there are no more FedEx DC10's flying...everything Douglas is either an MD10 or an MD11. This was a huge miscalculation on the part of Express management, and a failure of epic proportions. The B767F was readily available, and had been for 9 years. I can remember seeing freshly-converted MD10's still in UAL colors when I flew through OAK in 2005, so some of these planes are going to fly for less than 10 years and then be scrapped. Work harder, not smarter. [/QUOTE]
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