Yeah I was in the camp that it would get "bought" but the longer this goes, the more I think nobody wants their name attached to this plane if something goes wrong down the road. All fingers will point to them and say, "see I told you so, you should have required EICAS". Its just so risky, I dont see it happening. I could absolutely be wrong on this but its my opinion.

Lets be honest, Boeing should've done this when they first released the MAX, so I have little sympathy for them nor SWA for pushing it. Yeah it would be expensive to get everyone retrained/typed but its going to cost a lot more in lost revenue/profits in the long run.