A quote of GD himself.
"We need to fly a long way and carry a lot of people. But, given the delays, would it be handy to have the 777s now? Yes, and we could get them, but that will change our fleet."
"I tell you, I wouldn't mind the 777 in the fleet right now. But we haven't got big aircraft problems at the moment because things have slowed down."
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...rom=public_rss
I suspect it's all too late now but it's interesting how this one just bursts into life every now and then.
(I certainly claim credit for part of that too...I figure if I keep talking about it, perhaps it'll eventually come true!
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