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   August,   
       
   AA>WD> ... Remember, the Qataris want to get rid of it because it   
   AA>WD> is too expensive to fly,   
       
   AA> I was not aware of that take on it.   
       
   They had 4. One has been given away to Turkey and thisone, 12yr old, they've   
   been trying to sell it for years (just as the other remaining 2). There's just   
   no demand for it.   
       
   AA>WD> ..and the orange-one may be rich but not compared to that   
   AA>WD> Qatari-league.   
       
   AA> ..but he's bound to profit from the new buildings and golf   
   AA> courses he's planting in Qatar, no?   
       
   Abu-Dhabi, Qatar, the Emirates, Saudi-Arabia have humongous plans for   
   diversifying into tourism by the time oil runs out. Personally I think it's a   
   bubble, thought of by people with too much money, which at one time will   
   collapse. I don't plan to spend a penny into any of these totalitarian regimes   
   with a blatant disregard for human rights and the role of females in our   
   societies.   
       
   Plus that aircraft is fast nearing a D-check in a few hundred more flying   
   hours ... meaning it gets taken completely apart and then gets re-assembled.   
   Takes like 4 months and costs a fortune ...   
       
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