Originally Posted by
Daysleeper
He doesn't hang around Toulouse and Hamburg enough waiting for GTF's to put on 320NEOs, was about 60 at one point.
Indeed, there's a longstanding history of such, going back to the first 747s which I recall seeing all at Everett with blocks hanging from them awaiting P&W JT9Ds. BOAC, whose first deliveries were delayed by a strike at the receiving end, made quite a bit from renting out the engines in place on their deliveries stuck at Everett.
I wonder if they are the same blocks, that Boeing keeps in stock.