Originally Posted by
gloopy
And that's just the engine maintenance? Not to mention stopping the hemorrhaging of all those money wasting jets on an operational level (gas, bumped pax, lease payments for insanely overpriced jets bought at peak bubble prices and locked into long term deals, etc). That's probably way more than just the re-engine cost.
Of course they have to spend almost 2 billion to buy replacement aircraft and lease the 717's.