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Old 06-30-2014 | 11:40 AM
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From: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler
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Originally Posted by forgot to bid
Holding off on the remaining 30 76-seaters is probably not because they have second thoughts about regional jets, if that was the case why order 40?

In fact, someone was telling me just yesterday that supposedly our guys went to pick up a 717 and it was still in AirTran paint. Supposedly it had to be delivered because of a 76-seater showed up too early. I wasn't there, I don't know.
Ask during the next base visit. My understanding is Delta will order the rest if they can stabilize Mesabah/Pinnacle/Endeavor. Mesabah says the employment situation there is not stable enough to spend the money yet.