500Mio. somethings is cheap for all those lovely new 340's + some other Hairbrushes (A320's etc. & the odd A330's). Almost all parts of the fleet are a perfect fit for LH (MD11, A319/20/21/30/40, Avro's & perhapsn the Embraer's also if Moritz doesn't want what the Italians are getting early).
And then there is some more hardware floating around like the Saab's which I'm sure Moritz would buy back and an engineering dept that is the most similar to LH's that there is....
Plus it stops others getting it, and then of course its DB's money not LH's... It's logical for LH, perhaps not so for most of the others.
My sad prediction of goodbye in the 3rd week of September'03 might have been a little premature in Jan/Feb of this year - but sadly its a certainty. The only thing now is how will the broken parts fall and how much more agony is needed before it happens.
Good luck to all
