No he didn't. He said only getting 35 didn't make sense. He specifically said we would either get 100 A-350s or zero.

Kirby can't use this to leverage cheaper planes from Boeing, because what good is leverage when Boeing can't deliver the MAX 10, which he wants 250 of. So the obvious solution is replace it with Airbus 321s (we already have 165 on order and 7 on property). The only way to get deals on those is to also get the A-350 which is the 777 A-model replacement plus growth planes.

I didn't know about the "undisclosed" order. But this makes sense it happened around the time the lease deal was being negotiated.