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forgot to bid
George, no master debate needed, I'm with you but I still think Airbus will make that pot very sweet.
I say that because Delta has a lot of Airbi via a merger and that's how that fleet is viewed. It's a different thing to have Delta order new ones for themselves. To steal one of the American legacy carriers, even though its not the same management as before, that was once a part of the gentleman's agreement to be all Boeing would be a win that Charlie Sheen would envy.
Not to mention, do that before that tanker deal is awarded and leverage it.
RA was on the management team that took delivery of the A330s, as far as I can tell if RA wants Airbii we will get them regardless of what mgmt ppl below him prefer (Think pushing without numbers). Thats the only part of this management team that Airbus really needs to worry about and they have an established relationship with him.