Originally Posted by
sailingfun
How is the performance on the line? I still remember the flight ops road show where the powers to be stated the 717 was a terrible airframe and would never be purchased by Delta. This was when you could get them new.
The powers to be, or the powers that once were?
I recall some of the power that have-been saying RJ's were self-financing, and opening up the checkbook for MD-11's. For ATL-MCO.
If you're talking about those guys, their disdain for the 717 is a ringing endorsement for the aircraft.