Originally Posted by
RStrawberry
They will someday come around. I heard an old story that as Spirit was growing, Airbus more or less forced their hand at following strictly Airbus modus operandi.. saying we will only continue to support you if you adhere to our way of doing things. No idea if true.
It’s a superbly designed aircraft. I’d hate for UA to never come around to it.
I’m not sure what that means. We’ve had the Airbus longer than NK, Frontier and B6. If we haven’t “come around” in the 33 years since our first delivery, I’m thinking it’ll look rather similar for the next 33.