Originally Posted by imkeww
Yes - it was cheaper to use more grey paint and less blue. When I was working at SkyWest I asked one of the top brass directly about this, and that was the answer I was given. Another "olive out of the salad" type move in the airline industry. ;-)
I was given a slightly different answer, but essentially the same. Seems that the blue paint required repainting more often than the grey did, so we fought long and hard to have our engines painted grey.
While I really like the new paint scheme, I have a few issues over it's application to UAX aircraft.
Happy Travels!
Kai
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