Originally Posted by alfaromeo

Well, right back at you. Maybe you should go back and read some of what you have written in the past and see if you are just getting a taste of your own medicine here. My frustration is the continued hashing and rehashing of the same tired talking points, all completely invented. I guess your assertion that the reasoning behind the deal was all just a fairy tale meant to deliberately mislead the pilots is just nice guy talk? Don't dish it out if you can't take it.

The 717's were a good deal and so were the A-319's that they were looking at. The 717's were all or nothing so they had to find a way to unlock the financing and flying commitments on the 50 seaters in order to take the whole lot. If they couldn't get that, they would just take many fewer A-319's, keep a number of the 50 seaters, and let the 717's go elsewhere.

If the RJ-76's were not the key to unlocking the financing and flying commitments for the 50 seaters, then you must have some reason why all those third parties deliberately let Delta out of their contracts. Do you have an answer to that?

It shouldn't be too much to ask, that when you make definitive statements like "the 717's were coming anyway" that you have some logical explanation to back it up. You accuse me of lying about those aircraft and then get all touchy feely when it comes back at you.