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Repo wars: Russian airline's 737 grounded in Alaska over unpaid lease

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As Yakutia Airlines prepared to make its last flight of the season from Russia to Alaska late last month, the world’s largest aircraft-leasing company quietly launched a court fight to repo the Boeing 737 at Ted Stevens International Airport. (www.alaskadispatch.com) Más...

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sparkie624
sparkie624 7
That is quite interesting... If you don't pay your bills... You loose your toys...

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jonathanb510
Jonathan Baker 2
Kevin Lacey and Mike Kennedy are very entertaining..."I swipe aireplanes foe a livin'"...I love it!
sparkie624
sparkie624 2
I wonder if it was Kevin or Mike who swiped this one.... Would be great to see this one on Airplane Repo.... I think it is Kevin that lives or Grew up in Canada:)

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JetMech24
JetMech24 1
It is a very entertaining show, BUT that is NOT realistic. Aircraft repo's are actually a long, drawn-out, boring process that can tske days, sometimes weeks to complete.
jonathanb510
Jonathan Baker 1
Hard to show everything in a half hour show. The travel times alone could, and probably do, take days. I, for one, don't particularly like having firearms pointed at me and I wouldn't want to be a repo man of any kind. My 2nd grade teacher's husband, a retired California Highway Patrolman, took to repos after his retirement and was killed on the job.
JetMech24
JetMech24 3
Yeah, auto repo's are a different story, but aircraft repo's aren't any where near as "dramatic" as that show makes it out to be.
sparkie624
sparkie624 1
You have to make it entertaining.... Otherwise who would watch it.
JetMech24
JetMech24 3
I absolutely agree, but then why call it "reality" TV? Just gets on my nerves and this isn't the only show that does it, of course.
sparkie624
sparkie624 3
"Reality" in someone's mind... Just like Survivor is Reality.... NOT!!!
THRUSTT
THRUSTT 2
Starting with Survivor, they all suck. I just can't believe the audience they get with all the fake drama!!!
THRUSTT
THRUSTT 2
I heard they've got their eyes on a King Air...
PhotoFinish
PhotoFinish 1
"airplane repo"

I didn't know that was a thing. I mean as a TV show. I don't search out these "real" entertainment opportunities.

But as far as airplane repo, you don't want to be jumping into random planes, of owners who can't afford the note and fly off. If the can't pay their note, they probably don't have money for necessary maintenance.

Any such flight can be the repo man's last flight.
sparkie624
sparkie624 1
Or worse yet they may be doing their own maintenance.
MooneyM20G
Barry McCollom 2
sparkie624 - 'loose' should be 'lose'

That is quite interesting... If you don't pay your bills... You loose your toys...
Moviela
Ric Wernicke 1
I want to see that girl from Flying Wild Alaska, Aerial Tweto, become a repo agent. That would be entertainment.

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sparkie624
sparkie624 1
She would do well.
sparkie624
sparkie624 1
Nice idea... Would like to see them bring that program back, but I doubt it will ever happen because they were bought out and the Tweto's took retirement. If you will note their last episode was a Good Bye Episode to say goodbye to all of their fans.
stanandjoy
Stan Rusbatch 1
This is very true to all airlines dues must be oaid
johnhicks55
john hicks 1
seems to me, These repo people are breaking more laws than would ever be allowed.... TO me if you hop a fence at any airport , you should spend the next 30 days in a cell if the bank and the tower cant stop a deadbeat..then a paid police detail should be a must .....THEN again this is drama !!
sparkie624
sparkie624 1
Sometimes dead beats play hard to get.... I am not saying that they aren't sensationalizing all of this, but I am sure they are bending a rule or two.

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