> "It's just really amazing that someone discarded hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of commercial aviation parts, even if they are non-functional."
If it is non-functional (and thus no longer hundreds of thousands of dollars) what is one supposed to do with it? Is it some special alloy that can economically be recycled? Is there a path to safely refurbish it to functional condition that operators should actually trust?
It's probably worth more than $30 as a collector's item. There are people who pay hundreds for keychains made from airplane metal. https://planetags.com/
If it is non-functional (and thus no longer hundreds of thousands of dollars) what is one supposed to do with it? Is it some special alloy that can economically be recycled? Is there a path to safely refurbish it to functional condition that operators should actually trust?