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From: Henry Spencer
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 17:16
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 17:16
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In article <1993Jan7.033118.1652@cerberus.ulaval.ca> yergeau@phy.ulaval.ca (Francois Yergeau) writes:
>But the airlines do not contract out their operations. They procure
>planes, and fly them, just like NASA buys shuttles and operates them.
Actually, it is not at all uncommon for airlines to lease planes complete
with crews, or to contract with specialists for support services like
maintenance. Leasing services are among the airliner companies' biggest
customers.
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Newsgroups: sci.space Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!rpi!utcsri!utzoo!henry From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Shuttle a research tool (was: Re: Let's be more specific) Message-ID: <C0Hun4.13t@zoo.toronto.edu> Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 17:16:14 GMT References: <ewright.726254273@convex.convex.com> <1993Jan5.211253.20530@cerberus.ulaval.ca> <ewright.726345157@convex.convex.com> <1993Jan7.033118.1652@cerberus.ulaval.ca> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 11