Originally Posted by
NoDeskJob
Question on those aircraft orders, deferrals, etc... for those of us that are new to civilian flying.
It looks like the company has 38 aircraft on order through 2018. Can they defer any of these (like they just did recently with other aircraft)? Can they cancel any of these?
The higher ups at the interview made it seem like the E190s on the books for delivery later, will never see the light of day.
Just looking to learn more about the order process, and take any predictions.
In the airline biz, an order isn't "fulfilled" until you've done a revenue leg in it. Of course that's mostly tongue in cheek, but yeah, any aircraft that a company hasn't taken delivery of can essentially be delayed indefinitely. (My best guess is that the order can't be canceled once there is paint on the airplane, but even then, I'm sure there's a cancellation fee that can be paid if you want out of the order bad enough).