Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
I was talking about buying them on the used market, not the new ones!
I am sure you knew that

Nope. He was gone by then (August 2007). He shot off his mouth at the Paris Airshow, irked his boss and some BOD members while at the same time limiting Delta's negotiating leverage with Boeing. RA is the guy that likes refurbing old aircraft, and the MD-90 expansion came with him and SG.