I just got around to unboxing my Gemini200 Delta 767-400er and noticed that there are texture issues on the engines and wings - the engines look cloudy and the wings remind me of the texture of something that was 3d printed - and the whole fuselage is coated in something oily.
Anyone else noticed anything like this?
Seen a lot of posts to this effect over the past few weeks but this is it. The last ferry flight of the last aircraft operated by Spirit Airlines with a Spirit callsign.
After the end of this month (I.e 1 day) the skeleton crew that remained to operate these ferry flights will be laid off and their operating certificate will be revoked.
3 weeks after the shutdown, there are still quite a few aircraft scattered around the system. The rest have been ferried to the desert, mainly Goodyear and Marana - over the next few weeks these will surely be joining them.
Here is a breakdown:
| MCO | 5 | N690NK, N986NK, N662NK, N664NK, N672NK |
| EWR | 4 | N661NK, N671NK, N684NK, N687NK |
| DTW | 3 | N615NK, N668NK, N686NK |
| LAS | 3 | N645NK, N652NK, N663NK |
| SAL / MSLP | 2 | N628NK, N651NK |
| MIA | 2 | N667NK, N683NK |
| PIT | 1 | N644NK |
Although obviously you have to take everything the man says with a huge grain of salt, Musk provided an interesting response:
"Not exactly. SpaceX requires that there be no annoying “portal” to use Starlink.
Starlink WiFi must just work effortlessly every time, as though you were at home.
Delta wanted to make it painful, difficult and expensive for their customers. Hard to see how that is a winning strategy."