Just curious... what does an E170 go for? A lot of people think Energy star appliances are too expensive, but when you calculate how much money they save they pay for themselves fairly quickly.
They did get all the options available. HUD, MTOP option, dual FMS etc. Never got approval to use the HUD and I never used MTOP... even out of ASE in the summer. You ever get the chance check out the huge baggage compartment in the front they ordered for service carts. Ummm... we only used the one cart in the back and it was used for crew bags only. The price wasn't the only thing they needed help on.
There is blood in the streets right now... airplanes are cheap. In 05 or 06 it was a different market.