"Actual 772LR price paid by Delta B772 N701DN"

FTB, out of curiosity...what was the actual price?

Not that I minded the underwater shimmy link ;)

My name is 80ktsClamp, and I approve of more super premium widebodies.

I raise my glass to the prospective ships 6317-6328!

My name is 80ktsClamp, and I approve of more super premium widebodies.

I raise my glass to the prospective ships 6317-6328!

No deal. They can keep them if that's the case.

I don't have one and im sure it was secret, I just wanted to have a Rick Roll link in there. :D

Aw man, I forgot that's how we do things around here. Talk about a cold cost neutral/leverage what you were going to do anyways shower. :mad:


No wait. We're not going to give up anything to get more 747s and you want to know why? They're DTW 747s, DALPA is going to be fenced out and Carl fenced in, no way they give up anything for them. :D

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Well, lets do the math real quick. Supposedly we're not merging with anyone. We might acquire 11 744s because 773s are not at our cheap price point (maybe this airline is run by airline pilots after all? :D). That's 330 WB pilots eh? And we are talking about either 737s or A320s and either way, we want the OEM to take 50 seaters off our hands.

So what would we be willing to give up to get all that?

I like the projected retirement date (assumes age 65?) on the Delta seniority list. If I was hired today, I'd retire #3. Dang, sounds attractive! I'd be happy with a bronze finish ;)

Temporarily or 'permanently'?

So, according to your numbers, we could conservatively say that we could get the best of the lot of used 744, with new interiors, for around 40 mil each, which means we could have 11 of them for less than 2 777-300 at list price. Heck, we could probably pay cash for that. It would take a long time for 777 economics to make up for that difference.