FedEx To Retire Its Remaining MD-10s By 2023

Sad but understandable. Please send one of these birds to a museum - ideally N306FE.

Long live the DC-10.

How about buying one of the shells and turning it into a house.

A few interesting things I view: 1) The number of feeder (i.e. turbo prop - ATR72 & Cessna C408) aircraft being added vs. Trunk (Jet - 767F & 777F) being a 80 vs. 31 (net add) 2) Cargo capacity (in lbs) being 828k vs. 4,315k 3) No decision on what / how to deal with the 757. The chart clearly shows how the 757 really fill a spot no other aircraft (i.e. A310 being closest match in weight difference) really would fit. Wonder if they will fly 2 or 3 ATR72s to fill the void as needed; do think they could handle some of the routes, but not the long distance flights and better (my view) a fuller aircraft vs. less full. Anyone have numbers on the A320F (conversions or dedicate) capacity? An A220-500F version maybe?

How about a timeshare in Marana, AZ boneyard. Just kidding.

The trusty (after all the fixes) DC-10. Certified for 3 crewmembers. That was the only way I would fly one. I actually flew one on the last real FEDEX DC-10's to the boneyard in January 2009. Never was a fan of converting to 2-man Heavy Jet. R.I.P.