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From a couple of sources today:
No bid until mid-October.
The company thinks something might happen on Age 60 around 1 Oct, and the bid won't come out until they know what the deal is.
Now for the one-source-rumor:
777s will be on the bid. The possibility of delivery slots moving up from Jul 09 to Jan 09 is a reality, and we will need 777 crews by then.
So the conservative rumor is: mid-October bid.
Radical rumor: mid-October bid with 777s available.