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Jan 30, 2014 | 12:22 am

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Originally Posted by phlwookie

I would think it likely Star related stuff will indeed disappear by Mar 30th. Apparently one of the Star-liveried planes, N700UW, is about to emerge from painting into the new AA livery from ROW shortly if http://www.airliners.net/aviation-fo....main/5981615/ is to be believed (pics available there too). To do that, it'll probably ferry to CLT overnight, in which case it's likely to be trackable at http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N700UW

The logos on the aircraft wearing regular livery are I believe just "stickers" that can be easily replaced, likely by maintenance, and will likely be in quick order.

The logos are painted and are not stickers.

Why would an airline want to have branding that it no long is associated with? It takes 10-14 days to paint an aircraft so it should be easy for US to repair those 4-5 aircraft before March 31.