Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Which pretty much sums up Delta’s aircraft purchases the last 50 years. We absolutely can’t resist a cute little orphan nobody else wants sitting out on the Ramp. Somehow we do seem to make it work and work well. Adoptions include the Convair 880, L1011, MD90, MD11, 737G, 767-400, 717 and 330-900. We even had a couple weird 727’s with winglets!
It is hard to argue with our profitability. I’d love to see some Boeing WBs to keep Airbus in check.