Originally Posted by flybynuts

They are calling it an exchange because we are changing the 789 for these 773. However we are going to use the options to get the newer improved planes back at a later time in the future (5-7 years). It's not advertised this way right now.
We jumped at these 773 because Boeing gave them to us at a great price. Boeing isn't happy with our maintenance reliability as the North American Launch customer. They say it's us and we say we it's them.
So we are irritated with each other. Boeing said take these and we will give the 789 to others who want them. Little posturing on both sides.