Originally Posted by
Sink r8
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.
Exactly Sinkr8..I remember AA trying to dump the 717 after buying TWA. The planes sat around for about a yr until AT picked them up to replace the Valuejet DC9's that we game them 5 yrs earlier. In fact, I think the new 717's were marketed to erase the public's image of Valuejet after their mishap in the Everglades. Now, 15 yrs later, they're finally headed to DL.
I do like the idea of SWA having to pay for bringing into the fleet so we can use them out of DAL..