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Old 10-24-2019 | 05:16 PM
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David Puddy
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Originally Posted by gringo
I for one am disappointed we didn’t get the A220. It would be nice to fly something with similar computing power as my wrist watch...

That being said, I did a little happy dance as soon as I found out we are NOT going to be subjugated to the indignities of flying a lipstick’d up Cold War era flying pig... VNAV or not, at $208/hour I’m not paid nearly enough to work that hard.

A good day indeed.
The Airbus was clearly the best choice for fleet commonality, but I agree the A220 would have been a great addition at the lower end of the seating range. It is such a versatile airplane with a very low CASM.

Any idea on how many A319 NEOs have been ordered?
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