Originally Posted by 990Convair

Ok, all along I have read about delayed deliveries for this aircraft but have understood that they are speaking "fiscal" year, not calendar year.

I was under the understanding that we basically "spread out" our delivery schedule another 17 months.

I reread PC's FCIF on the B777 bid and noticed that under the fleet plan, we aren't supposed to have ANY 777's in 2009, but 4 in 2010. Why would we train "small group trials in March 2009" so they can sit all year and wait till 2010 to fly their "non-payrated" heavy twin?

As the past is a fine predictor of the future, what's to say they don't cancel this bid and freeze the closing numbers for proof to an arbitrator that we are willing to fly it?

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