Occam's Razor
Risible...ALWAYS risible
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Could also be 330's. Airbus wants to deal as well, and RA originally chose the 330 over the 777. We'll see...
The Board chose the A330. Each of the aircraft options was presented by the Tech Ops and Marketing departments...who rated each aircraft option on a 14-point matrix. The Board endorsed the option that scored the highest. The VP of Tech Ops (at the time) who endorsed the A330 as the best choice was Richard Anderson.
One of the key data points on the matrix was the leverage effect of buying a jet from a competing manufacturer eager to gain/retain market share.
Brash prediction: Delta under R.A. will always whipsaw the two major manufacturers against each other to get the best overall deal. It's in his DNA.
Brash prediction (part deux): Delta will get some free jets from Boeing as a result of this 787 snafu...and probably parlay that into more free jets from Airbus. I've watched the CEO do it before...