Originally Posted by
BoilerUP
Bedford had a start of the "next-gen" aircraft type, one that was growing in numbers, and instead of growing that business he cut it off at the knees. Only time & history will tell if that actually was the "right choice" or not.
Besides, F9 was in bankruptcy, right? Sounds like a prime time for lease renegotiation to me...
Maybe they did or maybe they didn't I don't know. RAH was not in BK and there was no point in paying for an entire separate fleet that cost so much their total operational cost was no cheaper than Ejets. (according to management)