Tri-Star from LUZAIR replacing Jetair's famous OO-TUC B767

[fokker_f27]

Last Friday, I flew from Cuba with a Lockheed 1001-500 Tri-Star from Portuguese charter carrier LUZAIR (including its Portuguese pilots and staff + two Jetair stewardesses LOL)
I was very astonished and the crew explained Jetair's B767 was undergoing its annual maintenance. I wonder how old this plane is.

Your plane was CS-TMP, and that plane is almost 24 years old: first flight was on 22/08/1983.

http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-l10-1248.htm

I assume many passengers must have been unpleasantly surprised, as they've expected to fly home with a Belgian 767.

When was the change announced to you?

I doubt it. The passengers who aren't interested may notice that this isn't the same aircraft that took them there or not notice it at all, or not look at the aircraft at all. Aviation fans would notice the difference, but would surely be happy about the change.

[Air Key West]

I flew L-1011's as a pax in the early 1980's travelling regularly with Tap to Brazil. At the time I was very young and not as demanding as today. The plane was comfortable but if I remember well, it was already (or they were already) older planes at that time. But probably just as safe as any other American made aircraft which is properly maintained and flown.

[JAF 23]

Well, JAF 23 doesn't seem to have said anything wrong after reading your own post, 757Mech...
She didn't accuse anybody either...

Dear

Yes but accusing wrongly... there has been said that they, and I recall, "without having informed anybody else...they took off" sorry but that isn't right, and I'm trying to point that out.
The way JAF 23 is discribing the incident is just as the mechanics of SNT didn't care, that they walked away from their responsability, they just took them and kept the aircraft on the ground.
As I already said, weighing your words is important...

Grts
R

To 757Mech: It wasn't my goal to accuse anybody, I've just written down everything the captain told me. And now it is my turn to recall: the mechanics didn't inform the captain that they would close the door... That is what I said. And then finally they did took off, and a new team of mechanics arrived.

Anyway, the mechanics of SNT do their work very well, you won't hear me saying anything else, but that day, they made a big error. (I assume you work for SNT, so we won't mention the spilling of hydraulic fluid on OO-JAT, causing master causion during initial climb)

So, once again, the mechanics do their work very good, and with OO-TUC they are sure to have enough work, but mistakes happen, and then you have to be able to say that it indeed was a mistake.

Greetzz

[757Mech]

To 757Mech: It wasn't my goal to accuse anybody, I've just written down everything the captain told me. And now it is my turn to recall: the mechanics didn't inform the captain that they would close the door... That is what I said. And then finally they did took off, and a new team of mechanics arrived.

Now your telling something different, don't get me wrong, it's just more correct.
I think Mr. Murpy was very present that morning...
(PS. Mechanics don't need permission from the crew to close the doors, they do that, when they have to run with both engines. Just on the last moment the mechanic, who monitored the engine parameters in the cockpit, decided togehter with the crew not to run the #2 engine)

Anyway, the mechanics of SNT do their work very well, you won't hear me saying anything else, but that day, they made a big error. (I assume you work for SNT, so we won't mention the spilling of hydraulic fluid on OO-JAT, causing master causion during initial climb)

Glad to hear... First thing I hear about that problem with the JAT, could be... I think SNT will have his hands full with JAT and JAM in the near future...
But hey, give SNT some time and they will be OK just like the TUC, it just take some time to get those second-second-second hand aircraft back in a good technical condition...

Grts
R