Alfa is correct.

When we were negotiating to fly the EMB up north, the company said "Nope, no way, they're sold out for 4 years".

When Compass was created, 36 "sold out" airplanes magically appeared virtually overnight.

When they were studying the replacement frieghter "nope, nothing out there that is remotely cost effective and lease rates are too high". Then, magically, a whole bunch of cargo outfits found very cost effective frieghters...virtually overnight.

When they were studying the DC-9 replacement "nope, nothing out there is what we are looking for...too large, too small, not enough cargo, too much cargo, not enough wing, too much wing, won't fit the jetway, too expensive...blah blah blah"

When we let them have more 76 seaters, the EMBs and CRJ900s magically filled the gates where our DC-9s, 737s and 319s parked...virtually overnight.

They want the airplanes....what they don't want is us.

Nu