Originally Posted by
flyjbh
Backlogs are a marketing tool. If you want a Boeing or Airbus, you will get one.
Maybe...but to get a new one you’re either A) buying it from the entity that has the rights to that plane for more money than they spent or B) getting first right of refusal and hoping somebody backs out.
Full disclosure...I’m an F9 guy and as much as I HATE Franke I have to say locking up 400+ airbuses was a good move. He can either build his empire cheaper than anybody else for the next 8 years or sell his positions to somebody that values them more.