I'll bet that the majority of the bus fleet will go away as the individual leases expire. I thought that this bus fleet were new airplanes and that we might actually keep them. After talking to some of the flight ops 2nd floor brains, I found out that the majority of the bus fleet is an old cobbled together mess of used airplanes from around the world that doesn't even have cockpit standardization. That being said, I would wager that the 321 NEO may stick around for a while. If nothing else, it can put pressure on Boeing to give us the local rate. I could also easily see a deal being made with another airline. They take our bus orders, we take their Boeing orders.

So what's up with the NEO engine? Is it still coming off the wing every 500 cycles? What's a CFM good for - something like 35,000 cycles? Good gravy, how did the FAA ever certify that piece of pie?