Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
It is in line with being in the long term fleet plan as Alfa and Slow indicated, but refused to be specific with. Well, here are the specifics via two other companies. It is as they have stated with their general comments, but would not add specificity to the press releases from Boeing and LUV that were posted during the TA vote.
On the 717 lease terms.
Of note, the Boeing 10Q was filed on 7/25 meaning that the lease extensions were not completed during the vote, and the press releases were factually accurate even though the company may have indicated to the Admin that they(DAL) were working on a deal with Boeing to do as Alfa and Slow hinted at. For me, I am glad their insinuations proved to turn in to fact.
If they had that information why not just answer the question? Good news no doubt.
Three possibilities come to mind:
1) They didn't know, and the information just became public
2) They knew but couldn't comment specifically until it was publicly disclosed via Boeing Capitol
3) They never asked the question and were acting on faith from company information