Originally Posted by
Exec_Plat
I was once on a plane that was taken out of service due to 'too many square inches of peeling paint".
Id guess that when a plane needs paint it gets painted- with whatever livery exists. But that they dont get paint for just cosmetic reasons if that airframe is set to retire soon.
However, the MD80s don't have that much paint applied to them. And they're all slated for retirement in less than two years. I'm beginning to think what was witnessed at STL was a CR9 instead.
On the topic of EDI, does anyone know if AA had to use an alloted slot for that service; or were they given one additionally because no JFK-EDI service had existed at that point?