Not to mention then having to add "then buys billions in Eurpoean widebodies while Boeing conducts mass layoffs."

They're sooooooooo concerned with "optics" yet don't even comprehend the biggest optics out there. Oh well, in no way can they impliment this "bid" yet the fact that they went with it undermined any chance of workable concessions they may have been able to get. As a bonus they'll abandon mass marketshare to more viable, better run competitors. B-School geniuses.