Interesting somebody brings up this topic since I was just thinking yesterday "where would they even find experienced and, more importantly, current Tristar pilots these days?"
Seems that the type has become a dinosaur. The only commercially available simulator is with Delta Airlines and the operators, as of last year, were:
Barq Air
SAM Intercontinental
Rollins Air (the Honduran company; the (in)famous "411A" of PPRuNe was involved in this thing first-hand)
Privilege Jet (leases from the Rollins Air)
Orbital Science
I guess they do have their attraction for some fly-by-night, cash-strung operators. You can probably get an L-1011 these days for the price of a Cessna Caravan.
Having said that, Lockheed was rumoured to have planned web-based regulator and operator conference in July.
Quote: The subject is supposedly "wing fatigue management" but the subtext is really grounding the legacy Lockheed aircraft including L188 and L1011 by imposing an economically unsupportable wing inspection regime. |
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