Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
My guess is that they have no replacements in line right now. We need a 100 seater. It could mean that the 717 is not dead, but a little farther out, and or the C-Series needs to go in to production for DAL to commit. Either one of them or a combination of them may be the option, but to park all of the 9's would put that proverbial hole in our route network that we have been talking about. Ergo, they stay until a true replacement is in sight. The 90 will be used other places, and they know that.
Maybe, and I hope that is the case. But Trans States really really thinks they are going to fly this for someone:
And besides, why is the gas guzzling DC-9-50 considered a "hundred seater" when the 737-700 and A319 isn't? (especially while the DC-9-10 is considered an "RJ")?
As for someone mentioning Boeing dropping the ball yet again not being able to deliver (pun intended) that really makes me wonder...what happens if the planes we got a sweet deal on (737-900's) because the other planes (787's) were insanely late and we gave Boeing additional relief on for a decade, are themselves late (737-900's)?
Do we get a double dip bonus discount on the next order?
Almost makes it seem like Boeing is intentionally mucking things up as some sort of bizzare twisted customer loyalty program.
