Outspoken Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary has offered a scathing verdict on Boeing's 737 Max, describing the re-engined narrowbody as a "dog's dinner of a design" that had been drawn "on the back of a fag packet as a response to the [Airbus] Neo".
In other words, he isn't impressed by the Chinese option and is playing the usual treat 'em mean keep 'em keen act, as he knows he won't get terms as good as he got last time, but he still wants to come back for more.