Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
The irony here is that the airplane that DAL effectively convinced Airbus to build is having sluggish sales. As a result DAL could very well get a sweetheart deal on the jet Airbus decided to build because of RA.......
But is the prevailing wisdom that "there ain't no party like a slightly lower CapEx party" really the end all dominant consideration? We need the planes we need for how and where we fly them. A cheaper note is a very minor consideration over a quarter century unless everything else about it is identical or superior.