First Two A380s to be Scrapped

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 06/05/2018 at 14:12 • Filed to: None

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Such a burly airplane...

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You can buy one of these and go for a ride with 543 of your friends.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/05/2018 at 14:16

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Unwanted A380's? SAD!

We need to purchase and create Oppo Air. I’ve always had a theory that among all of us we could probably run an OK company.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 06/05/2018 at 14:22

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Based on what I’ve seen around here, we’d run both the company and plane into the ground trying to retrofit some WWII radials “because that would be unique”.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 06/05/2018 at 14:25

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Yeah, maybe not an airplane company. But I’m sure we could all work as a team to do something successfully.

OPPOsaurus WRX > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 06/05/2018 at 14:26

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with all the crap you see on the news, we certainly couldn’t do any worse than whats out there already.

jkm7680 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/05/2018 at 14:27

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Fuckin wasteful.

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/05/2018 at 14:27

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WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD NOT WANT AN A380

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 06/05/2018 at 14:27

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Can we buy a Concorde

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 06/05/2018 at 14:31

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I think this is more our speed.

Aremmes > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 06/05/2018 at 14:31

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WW2 radials? Nah. We’d swap in Junkers Jumo opposed-piston engines, because who wouldn’t want to fly a French plane with German diesel engines? We’d also paint it UPS brown and fit it with manual gearboxes for S’s & G’s. Also donk wheels. With spinners.

user314 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/05/2018 at 14:34

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I wonder how much of a challenge that’ll be to recycle. I know it’s still mostly aluminum and other traditional materials, but 20% of the structure is made up of composites, and I was under the impression those don’t recycle easily. When the Beech Starships were recalled, they were ground up and burned as that was the best way to dispose of them, though that was 10 years ago. (Christ, really? 2008 being a decade ago breaks my brain.)

Ash78, voting early and often > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/05/2018 at 14:34

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Paint it brown and throw some Diesel-burning turbofans on it. Strip the fly-by-wire and go back to hydraulics. Sell the FBW parts on ebay.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > OPPOsaurus WRX 06/05/2018 at 14:35

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You say that like a 538 person plane crash wouldn’t be a huge deal, lol.

Out, but with a W - has found the answer > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 06/05/2018 at 14:36

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A380 LeMons team? If they can’t get past you, you can’t lose.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 06/05/2018 at 14:36

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Because we fixed that Peugeot 505 so well...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Ash78, voting early and often 06/05/2018 at 14:38

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Or make a hotel out of it.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > user314 06/05/2018 at 14:39

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Engines and major assemblies will be worth something. As well, the airplanes have payed for themselves somewhat over ten years.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 06/05/2018 at 14:40

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I must be wrong-minded then.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 06/05/2018 at 14:44

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i’m just saying i wouldn’t beat my passengers and kill their pets

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > OPPOsaurus WRX 06/05/2018 at 14:54

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Not intentionally

user314 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/05/2018 at 15:10

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Agreed, the engines, avionics, even fittings like the seats and luggage racks will all be repurposed, but I’m talking about the actual structures:

The purely metal portions are easy enough, but what about the plastics, especially GLARE .

I’m a bit behind on this, but are there ways to delaminate and recycle those?

OPPOsaurus WRX > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 06/05/2018 at 15:48

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not on video

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > user314 06/05/2018 at 15:51

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I have absolutely no idea about that.

Steve in Manhattan > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/05/2018 at 16:09

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Wow, that’s a lot of scrap.

f86sabre > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 06/05/2018 at 18:50

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There are a few of us who have relevant experience.

The early 380s ophave some 8nteresting structural issues that make them a challenge to maintain. The money 8n th scrap isn’t in components (avionics, mechanical, TRs, gear and such) and the engines. They will all be pulled to support younger aircraft.

ranwhenparked > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/05/2018 at 21:33

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Wow, it really has become the flying equivalent of a grand 1950s ocean liner.

f86sabre > f86sabre 06/05/2018 at 21:38

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Damn, I should have proof read that.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ranwhenparked 06/06/2018 at 00:26

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Good analogy.

Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!! > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 06/06/2018 at 09:00

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People who prefer non ugly planes. Look at the damn forehead on that thing.

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!! 06/06/2018 at 10:48

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I like it, it’s better than the humpback on the 747

Spanfeller is a twat > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/07/2018 at 16:53

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I find it hard to believe that the people that make the airbus jet believe in hub and spoke instead of point to point. It’d be good to make an analysis of how much fuel is used under both propositions


Point to point:
Why not do Dusseldorf Cancun, a route Air Berlin used to do VS Dusseldorf Cancun by using hub and spoke.

You end up (with hub and spoke) going Dusseldof-Madrid-Mexico City-Cancun (Cheapest)

Air Berlin:
One perhaps less efficient jet
Two Cabin Cycles.
Two medium size (medium cost airports)
Medium size crew

Air Berlin, Iberia, Aeromexico:
One very efficient large jet
Two less efficient small jets
six cabin cycles
One small airport
Two big expensive airports
One medium airport.
One very large crew, two small crews

However, demand can only be so much, so I understand some airlines choosing the hub and spoke model to keep some costs lower (say, an airline like Delta that basically owns Hartsfield Jackson) but on the other hand point to point can bring in more people into traveling because it’s not so expensive, or time consuming... smaller airlines can eat up market inefficiencies in smaller airports

Spanfeller is a twat > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 06/07/2018 at 16:55

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Profitable airlines, some environmentalists that don’t know how to read, most airport ground crews.

see this conversation between ground crew here in Mexico City every weekday at 6PM
“Jose, viene AF tres ochenta!”

“ ay diosito *saca rosario”