Was kinda hoping for another surprise A321XLR order to fill that gap. =(

Better get comfortable on the gup'.

Yep. That turd is here to stay.

I wonder: does publishing a 7-month delay allow the company to redeploy aircraft to other routes? Lots of 777 and 787s not being used to China. ie, could a 777 or 787 take over a 767 route, then the 767 does a 757, 757 takes a 737/Bus, etc?

I wondered if a long-term delay allows them to plan that way, either from a company cost-tradeoff analysis, or if the contract has some provision that would prohibit it for short-term.

Or: do you think they’ll explore new markets, or double-down on existing ones?

I hope they are coming up with some kind of plan to use the big jets. Otherwise: profit-sharing will suck next year, and hiring and vacancy bids will suck this year.

The continued Max grounding and the suspension of China flights is just going to make it a suck year. Growth, hiring, profit sharing, and vacancies will all take a hit.

That's what I'm expecting. Hopefully they'll cut back on bus flying a bit; the airbii are being flown to death and they are reaching the point where a few need some TLC in a MX hangar.

my guess is another summer of pain for the bus. Hindsight sure is 20/20 on this deal. I’m no fan of the 737, but I thought that the max decision made good business sense. Boy was I wrong.

Yeah, well, we all thought there were WMDs in Iraq too...don't beat yourself up too much.