All drains lead to the ocean and all threads lead to scope. Impressive that this one got only to post number two before someone jumped off the turnbuckle with a flying scope body slam. A record that can never be broken! If anyone wants to pontificate at length here is a good place for it:

The Scope Discussion Thread

Anyways, if the CO wants to buy some shiny new jets on their own merit that's great. If they want something from us in return, the answer is no - now and forever.

Anyone want to start a pool to guess how many we ultimately buy? I'll wager a cup of CPO coffee on two dozen new and a dozen used to replace our absolute oldest 756s.