Originally Posted by
scambo1
Wow FTB, I agree completely with every word of your post...including the used cars - having been a used car dealer, I can tell you they are money generators.
I think also, the next step for DAL Mgmt is to announce the purchase of every 717 produced for cheap. Gotta work out something with those rolls royce guys, I've got a few connections there, but noone's asking me. Power by the hour worked for the harrier guys.
Hoping to get anything
used on the cheap is our future here at Delta. Bar was absolutely correct in his analysis. New Boeings or Airbuses are out of the question now in any meaningful quantity. That decision is done.
It's clear to me that RA has decided that paying down debt really is his main goal. To that end, we will be flying really old airplanes for quite a long time. Our 777's and A330's are going to be the newest we see for a while. Hope the gamble works out for us, because this is now our course.
Carl