Originally Posted by
Timbo
Remember, Richard is the guy who brought the first Airbus to North West. He loves Airbus, and he hates spending money (the last DC9 just now retired).
Notice what he just ordered, a bunch of 321's and 10 330's.
I doubt if we'll ever see Richard order another new Boeing widebody, he is constantly talking down the 777 as a jet with nowhere to go.
Richard was still at Continental when Northwest ordered the first Airbus'. He was in top management though when the order was made for the A330.
Truth is, the real person responsible for the A330 at NW was Mickey Foret who was the numbers guy for years there. Worked Airbus over on that deal, especially since all the internal studies at NW showed the 777 was too big. He's on the BOD with Delta.