Air China

[bigte89]

Has UND lost the Air China contract?

 

[Thunder-Robo]

i hope they did.

 

[ScoutFlyer]

i hope they did.

I certainly hope not. If so, I'd surely be out of a job!

 

[middies10]

i hope they did.

Yeah, why would you want that? This school wouldnt be what it is today without those contracts.

 

[oktex88]

I've heard rumors that Air China is not happy,

Side note: Eva Air is sending more students.

 

[Blip16]

i hope they did.

Because you like paying more for flight fees?

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[coa787]

i hope they did.

The hell's the matter with you?

Because you like paying more for flight fees?

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More fees? Nah, time to start selling some of those half-million-dollar Cessna 172s....

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[Blip16]

The hell's the matter with you?



More fees? Nah, time to start selling some of those half-million-dollar Cessna 172s....

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Even so, fees would be much higher than when I was a student because the purchase price off those planes is so much higher. When I was a student a brand new pa28 was like 160k, the 172s is more like 260k which is crap because the pa28 has better build quality in my opinion

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[KSCessnaDriver]

Even so, fees would be much higher than when I was a student because the purchase price off those planes is so much higher. When I was a student a brand new pa28 was like 160k, the 172s is more like 260k which is crap because the pa28 has better build quality in my opinion

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Where did you get 260K from? Sticker price on a 172SP is 307,500. Sure, they probably get a fleet discount, but I doubt it's enough to drop the price down to 260,000.

 

[flyeagle111]

I've heard they pay roughly 250K for one Cessna as well....

 

[Blip16]

Where did you get 260K from? Sticker price on a 172SP is 307,500. Sure, they probably get a fleet discount, but I doubt it's enough to drop the price down to 260,000.

That is what they told us, when you are buying 70 planes w/o autopilot I'm sure you get a"deal" still too much money for the chevy cavalier of planes

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[KSCessnaDriver]

That is what they told us, when you are buying 70 planes w/o autopilot I'm sure you get a"deal" still too much money for the chevy cavalier of planes

Not surprising. What year are they? I wasn't aware you could even get the 172 without an autopilot these days, since they are come with the G1000, and the G1000 comes with the GFC700.

 

[pwttogfk]

The story I've heard is that we have to pay extra to get the 172 without the autopilot...That said, I haven't heard anything about Air China leaving. We just started a new class a few weeks ago.

 

[av8or91]

Believe the oldest model year is 2008

 

[ScoutFlyer]

Believe the oldest model year is 2008

I just flew 514 today, one of the first that we got, and it had over 3,000 hours on it already!

 

[Blip16]

I just flew 514 today, one of the first that we got, and it had over 3,000 hours on it already!

Planes only last 6-8yrs there before they are cycled out for newer ones.

I flew 556 back from the factory in 2009

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[rd757]

Aren't they refurbs anyway? I heard they weren't "new"....

 

[gotWXdagain]

No, they're factory new.

 

[ppragman]

No, they're factory new.

God that's so dumb.

 

[Blip16]

God that's so dumb.

When each plane flies about 1000-1500/yr, not really. After 6 years they have on average 9,000 hours on them and are pretty worn out from all the students

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