Originally Posted by
Ottopilot
You don't ask Airbus for airplanes as part of fleet alignment with CAL.
Back when UAL went on their Airbus ordering spree, Boeing was not "too happy" about that....."first time shame on me, second time shame on you" comes to mind if UAL is going to try and pit the "Boeing vs Airbus" rematch this time around. Besides, UAL is no where near the financial position they were years back when ushering such a deal as they did with their Buses.
Will be interesting to see how pitting the two aircraft manufactures will be this time. CAL's relationship with Boeing without a doubt was established when Gordon came over to CAL years back from Boeing....something that CAL has worked are to maintain thus being an all Boeing Fleet.
Besides Seabury possibly being the "consultant" on the deal, has anyone heard intel on who is going to be financing this order???....No secret, not a really easy to just secure this type of order as it was in the past....especially when Glenn's at the helm.
Time will tell...