FedEx flies a uniquely noisy fleet
Yesterday we noted that most of the really noisy night-time flights at Sea-Tac (DC-10s & MD-11s) were flown by one carrier -- FedEx.
Further investigation reveals that, nation-wide, this carrier flies far many more DC-10s & MD-11s than anyone else. No scheduled passenger carrier in the U.S. uses those old obsolescent birds. UPS has a fleet of mostly newer, mostly quieter Boeing planes. But FedEx goes out of its way to buy these aircraft from airlines that are phasing them out, & it has 85 DC-10s and 58 MD-11s in its fleet. It would seem that most airports served by FedEx must be getting lots of night-time noise.
Time for a change at FedEx?
Source: Wikipedia entries for DC-10 and MD-11, as of 1600 this afternoon.
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