Yep grow as much regional flying as possible and drag out negotiations as long as possible before they are forced to deal with scope.

They bought VX to make VX go away. Plain and simple.

Don't worry, when that international facility is finished up at the south end of the airport, Delta will have access to ~20 international gates, will probably flood SEA with wide bodies and just drive AS into the ground and then purchase the whole operation. AS doesn't have excess capacity but DAL and just about every other airline does. And, AS can't grow fast enough because they'll flood the market and drive ticket prices down.

Why so much angst over "Proudly all Boeing?" Mainline was all Boeing until the merger. Were they really expected to un-paint those from 100+ planes? I'd rather have Proudly all Boeing painted on the plane than some of the nonsense we had like "Frances." :eek:

So what's the explanation for why they still chose to paint it on our MAX?

http://imgur.com/KIPdMgU

Your a smart dude, I bet you could read the tea leaves, if you really wanted. Barring anymore hiccups, I would bet you will be able to read it in plain English by February. Who knows though, until the Max is certified, nothing would surprise me.

No airliner has had worse press than this one since the comet.
I’m sure it will all work out fine.

How many is the real question. If the entire Bus fleet of 73 planes is going to be replaced over 5 years, hopefully there's an order for at least 100 MAXes.

The DC10 and Concorde probably were worse. Also the Boeing 737 which kept crashing while they denied there was a problem with the rudder.

Lockheed Electra too

https://www.amazon.com/Electra-Story.../dp/B0734ZYBV9


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