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> > Especially if companies who buy the new ones realized that the old 
> > ones would
> > have buyers rather than just getting "scrap" prices.
> 
> We might be getting far afield from what we know but 'old' airplanes 
> usually aren't scrapped as such, iirc they are recycled to foreign flag 
> carriers and charters.  There are (again, iirc) several companies at 
> the Mojave airport who do nothing but refurb airplanes for this 
> purpose.

True.  I was thinking more along the lines of supply and demand.  A 
carrier might think that a paricular plane is worth buying if they
have a chance to selling it for more in the future.  Wait. What am
I thinking?  That requires thinking beyond the next quarterly report.
Oh, never mind.