Originally Posted by
Bill Lumberg
ACL65,
What happened to the rumor about the extra 744s? I thought we were going to use the 787 delay to get used 744s? Didn't the board say yes to some, up to 25 total maybe? I thought 4 more were approved to come from the AZ desert? I read that RA wanted the cash instead. Anything else going on?
I'm not ACL, but I play one on TV! hahaha.. anyway - someone posted here that the company was expecting around $100 million from Boeing to cover the delays in the 787 program.
That's only about a half the cost of a new B747-8i (they don't built the -400 anymore). Or maybe one used B747-400 with some life left. (just a semi-educated guess).