The beatings will continue (no new airplane orders) until morale improves (sign this POS concessionary contract so we can grow.) Sound familiar? Otherwise known as the proverbial dangling carrot.

AMR will order 787s if they feel the need to. I'll be darned if I'm going to subsidize them with another concessionary contract to "spur them on" in ordering new aircraft. Those will come regardless of what kind of contract we have, when they decide they need to grow.