I flew Willie to Dublin around the time of the proposed takeover and we had him up on the flightdeck for a bit before the flight. I won’t go into great detail of the conversation but suffice to say the impression was given that the model was extremely niche and that had they completed any purchase most (not all) of the LH Ops would have been shut down immediately and the 787s deployed elsewhere in the group. Whatever noises made to the media that’s what came from the horse’s mouth off the record.