the -400 was **** and unafordable
You must be very close to him, when he was saying That.
The MD11 was cheap and this might have been the reason. Remeber LH bought the last 10 produced aircrafts or more ? MD was just dying and selling cheap.
O.K. you can haul another 25tons in the 747, but the fuel flow is 27% higher.
Even I can make that math.
Lets see what they are leasing. I bet 777