In a message dated 1/16/02 9:22:40 AM US Mountain Standard Time, psa188@juno.com writes: > It also said it was speeding up the retirement of its fleet > of Boeing (news/quote) 717 100-seater aircraft to this June > under an agreement with Boeing Co. (BA.N). AMR said last > week it was considering the move as part of a longer-term > program to save training and maintenance costs by flying a > limited number of plane types. So if all these 717s are going back to Boeing in the next six months, why do they need to keep Long Beach's 1.5 units per month going? The most likely domestic carrier for the 717 (Midwest Express) doesn't need this quantity and have some rather pressing labor issues to resolve. RT Simpson Phoenix