Originally Posted by rickair7777

Why would they do that? SW/AA/UA have to get them back in the air, but they've already acknowledged many pax won't fly on them.

AS would be be better off sticking with "proudly MAX free" for a while until the dust settles. Even though they have no MAXes yet, I bet if they announce they're getting some, it will scare some pax off. In a year the public will have forgotten. They got lucky (or smart) with their timing, why throw that away. Unless they think it will play well to the home-town demographic...