Reply #21: Tiles are different from registration

[DulceDecorum]

You can have the title to those old cars, yes.
I agree with you that having the title means little or nothing.
The title is like a big receipt.
I have receipts to gifts I gave away for Christmas.
I do not have the gift. It is gone. But yes, I have the receipts.
You too, can have the titles to those long-gone cars.
But the REGISTRATION is a another matter entirely.

When a car gets into an accident, the insurance company may say that the car is TOTALED.
In this case, the insurance company pays off the debt for the car.
The insurance company now holds the title to the car which is probably rusting away in some back lot somewhere.

In many cases however, someone fixes up the car and then tries to REGISTER it. In order to do so, they have to give the VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) which is the serial number of the car.
When this number is punched into the DMV computer it gives a history of the car and says that the car was totaled.

That means that
A) the vehicle belongs to the insurance company and
B) the vehicle is not roadworthy.

So you see, the car STILL EXISTS and can be driven BUT it CANNOT BE REGISTERED.
Before a vehicle can be REGISTERED in the US, it must first be INSURED.
So you have to go first to the insurance company and after they take your money and process your paperwork
(without cutting any corners because THEIR money is involved)
then they give you a piece of paper to take to the REGISTRY of motor vehicles.

The planes we are talking about are REGISTERED.
That means a lot.
United Airlines holds the TITLE to both planes but the title is only like a big receipt.
The TITLES of the two American Airlines planes were held in trust because the owners were foreign.
We do not really care so much about the TITLES.
We are talking about the REGISTRATION.

Every two or three years the registry of motor vehicles sends a sticker out to those people whose cars are REGISTERED.
If you have not kept up with the paperwork and the inspections,
or if you have tickets and taxes that you did not pay,
then you do not get a sticker.
If you drive without a registration sticker and get caught,
then you are in BIG TROUBLE.

DeadBroke,
when was the last time you received a sticker from the DMV for any of those disintegrated cars?
There is NO WAY you could have received a registration sticker
because those cars ARE NOT REGISTERED.

The planes of United Airlines ARE REGISTERED
and the FAA says that the registration is VALID.
Wie ist das mögliches?

The FAA has asked United Airlines to clarify the status of those two planes.
TWICE.
United Airlines has refused to reply.
TWICE.

Why?
What reason could United Airlines POSSIBLY HAVE for refusing to fill out the paperwork?
And why are those TWO planes STILL REGISTERED?