It's all about the $$, nothing more nothing less. If you can write off a million dollar(or whatever amount) aircraft as a donation
Fred Will.
If UPS could do it, it would. The 727 is a popular training aircraft. Passenger 727 were widely flown until the mid-2000s, and the plane is still popular among freight carriers. Meanwhile, UPS is paying storage fees on aircraft it retired during the downturn -- DC-8 and classic 747. Passenger DC-8 flights pretty much ended in the 1980s (and nearly all remaining freighters were retired with fuel stored) -- because of this, it's seen as an old aircraft and nobody wants them. And the 747 is just too huge to be a training aircraft most places.
Do you know where they are mothballed?
Do you know where they are mothballed?
It's absolutely about the tax write-off for Fred, but that doesn't mean the technical schools don't profit handsomely.The same thing happened here:
FedEx Donates Boeing 727 to PAI - Plattsburgh Aeronautical Institute's Benefactors - CV-TEC - Career & Technical Education - Champlain Valley Educational Services - CEWW BOCES - Plattsburgh, NY 12901
Do you think that Fred would do this if not for the tax write-off?
It's absolutely about the tax write-off for Fred, but that doesn't mean the technical schools don't profit handsomely.
That's called a "win-win" in my book and I do wonder why UPS wouldn't do the same thing.
That's called a "win-win" in my book and I do wonder why UPS wouldn't do the same thing.