Alright, as most of you will probably know I have been wasting a lot of time the last few months on modifying photos. It seems that not all my time doing this was wasted. I got an e-mail today from Boeing asking me if they could use my photo of a BA 757-300. They had seen this photo at modifiedairliners.
Now before everyone starts, I know it is april 1. However I checked it out to make sure noone is pulling my leg, and it seems perfectly real. The e-mail adres even had [email]NAME@boeing.com[/email] (name witheld by me) and the full legal notice and everything.
Does anyone know anything about it? I suppose they will be second hand planes. It is common knowledge that Thomas Cook (Condor) wants to scale down. Could the planes be from there? I don’t know anyone else who wants to dispose of them.
By: Airline owner - 2nd April 2004 at 20:44
Originally posted by Bhoy
probably because they’re too good to give him something to spout hours of mindless drivel at… :rolleyes:
Exactly why it is not a plane that i could go on about for hours
By: wysiwyg - 2nd April 2004 at 20:09
Well I too would have thought that you could bring the toilets back upstairs without too much difficulty but apparantly they would need to go back to Toulouse and it would be an almighty job!
Peter T – ‘I do agree that TCX probably regret having bought the 753s. Overexpansion, it has killed many airlines in the past and will kill many more in the future.’ It wasn’t a mistake due to overexpansion but a mistake due to having taken the wrong type. We would have been so much better of with a pair of 767’s.
By: Bhoy - 2nd April 2004 at 18:19
we can’t check german sites if no one posts a link… 😉
By: greekdude1 - 2nd April 2004 at 18:16
A little collective effort on this, nice job Peter and Jeanske! Nobody actually bothered to check that ‘German’ website? I sure didn’t. I thought Sandy was going to.
By: frankvw - 2nd April 2004 at 11:58
Finally you admit it 😀
By: tenthije - 2nd April 2004 at 11:15
Time to come clean.
It was all an april fools joke, and Jeanske was with me (so there is no german site with rumours about BA taking 753s). I did not receive an e-mail from Boeing about the use of that photo.
By: seahawk - 2nd April 2004 at 11:07
Well for the passenger The 753 are the best aircraft in the TC fleet. I have just flown in one last week and it sure beats the A320s by a big margin.
By: Ren Frew - 2nd April 2004 at 09:09
Originally posted by steve rowell
Underground toilets!!! I presume by this you mean they will be hard to sell on the second hand market
I was under the impression the dowstairs toilet module could be removed and refitted with another type of module or such as rest area or shop. Could this area not be reconfigured as cargo hold ?
By: steve rowell - 2nd April 2004 at 04:03
Originally posted by wysiwyg
I don’t know for sure but I wouldn’t be surprised if underneath the smiles the TCX management seriously regret buying the 753.I also spoke to a MYT mate today who said that they want to get rid of their 330’s but can’t because they have the underground toilets. They say this was a huge mistake.
Underground toilets!!! I presume by this you mean they will be hard to sell on the second hand market
By: Bmused55 - 1st April 2004 at 22:28
Originally posted by Bhoy
probably because they’re too good to give him something to spout hours of mindless drivel at… :rolleyes:
LOL to that!
By: Bhoy - 1st April 2004 at 22:15
probably because they’re too good to give him something to spout hours of mindless drivel at… :rolleyes:
By: Bmused55 - 1st April 2004 at 21:17
Originally posted by Airline owner
no offense to anyone but i dont like 757’s full stop
You’re not liking the 757 realy doesn’t have anything to do with this thread, but since you’ve piqued my interest….. why?
By: Airline owner - 1st April 2004 at 21:12
no offense to anyone but i dont like 757’s full stop
By: Bmused55 - 1st April 2004 at 21:09
Been chatting to a friend of mine, he can;t see this happening.
BA don’t buy second hand, apparently it doesn’t make sense, due to taxes.
Whereas if they buy New, they get tax discounts.
I think boeing are just generally interested in the photo
By: Bmused55 - 1st April 2004 at 20:54
Originally posted by Jeanske_SN
I was just surfing over some German forum and also found a thread about Condor, 753’s and Ba. I could only understand it for a small part because I don’t speak German. I forgot the name of the forum :rolleyes:.
Give me a link to the post and I’ll read it
By: tenthije - 1st April 2004 at 20:29
can’t they refit the toilets above-floor?
I do agree that TCX probably regret having bought the 753s. Overexpansion, it has killed many airlines in the past and will kill many more in the future.
By: wysiwyg - 1st April 2004 at 20:18
I don’t know for sure but I wouldn’t be surprised if underneath the smiles the TCX management seriously regret buying the 753.
I also spoke to a MYT mate today who said that they want to get rid of their 330’s but can’t because they have the underground toilets. They say this was a huge mistake.
By: Jeanske_SN - 1st April 2004 at 19:32
I was just surfing over some German forum and also found a thread about Condor, 753’s and Ba. I could only understand it for a small part because I don’t speak German. I forgot the name of the forum :rolleyes:.
By: tenthije - 1st April 2004 at 19:07
all I can think of is Condor. They got a fleet of 13 or so and they are in financial difficulties. I believe all 753s on the production line have been produced or are at the final stages of production.
By: Whiskey Delta - 1st April 2004 at 19:04
With the announced cancellation of the 757 line are there any previous 753 orders looking for a new home?
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