Originally Posted by
CGfalconHerc
I stand corrected. My point was more about not taking the 717's 15 yrs ago as a hedge against AT to make them buy bigger, more expensive 737's or smaller, less capable RJ's. Instead, they had a modern, efficient, mainline 100 seater to fly against our 73-200's 10 times a day to MCO and TPA.
I still don't see the connection. AirTran was the launch customer for the 717. If we had purchased them Boeing would have made more or AirTran might have bought the E190. Airframes are always available.