Originally Posted by gettinbumped

It was ABSOLUTELY a boneheaded move on the LUAL negotiating committee's part. Their one real misstep in my opinion, but a big one. No one to blame but ourselves on that one.

HOWEVER, this announcement doesn't change the current timeline of the 25th airplane from Jan 2016. The order conversion was for 787-8's that were not supposed to deliver until 2017-2018. This is a good move, as the 8 is not the best variant out there