MidianFootbridge69 t1_j1cqj0p wrote on December 23, 2022 at 9:27 AM

Reply to comment by VaccinatedVariant in Russia explores buying stranded jets from Western leasing firms by Intelligent_Store0

If I had Leased out any of those Jets, I would not want them back.

No telling what condition they are in at this point and who knows what the Russians have done to those Planes in the interim.

Forget it, no deal - my Company would just have to take the L on those Aircraft.

It's a pretty big L, but dayum, don't steal my shit and then expect for me to do a deal with you to purchase the shit you stole.

Anyway, it will be amusing to watch Russia have to cannibalize Parts and then eventually run completely out of them.

Edit: A Sentence.

Neversetinstone t1_j1cvf2s wrote on December 23, 2022 at 10:33 AM

If they sold the aircraft then they wouldn't be able to claim on insurance.

Di-eEier_von_Satan t1_j1e5dm5 wrote on December 23, 2022 at 5:15 PM

Would also allow them to start flying the planes internationally

cinyar t1_j1hxm8q wrote on December 24, 2022 at 2:27 PM

Yeah the service books for those planes are only good as toilet paper at this point. They would probably require a lot of work to make them flightworthy by "western" standards.

Gumb1i t1_j1efpjv wrote on December 23, 2022 at 6:24 PM

They have several options to recoup the costs. Insurance, lawsuit, and recouping it through the GOV from seized Russian assets.

edit: they could also attempt to sell them at full price, but Russian companies will likely try to buy them at a significant discount 50% or less