Originally Posted by
CGfalconHerc
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..
We never gave any nines to value jet. We traded nines to McD as part or a MD88 purchase. They were then parked in the desert. Value Jet purchased or leased them from McD. The fact some of them were former Delta had no real bearing on starting Value Jet. Lots of airframes available at the time. We could have pushed them off a cliff and all we would have done is lose money. Value Jet would have been flying with or without them.