its economics, not very honourable economics but economics nonetheless, supply and demand springs to mind.
Sure it sux, but you do get 737 hoop-la time, and when the market picks up you can leave... <img src="smile.gif" border="0">
I recall talking to a Ryanair FO in '96 who was delighted at the arrival of the new Ryanair airbuses next year, well they musta got lost cos leprechaun O'Reilly is going to fly the 737's until they fall apart, I think it's called zero depreciation curve...what a t**l.
F4
"oops , its never done that before ??? "