Ah, you're trying to apply reason to the situation. Have you seen that in the airline industry lately? Don't you know they're into post-modernism? :-) john On Wednesday, October 1, 2003, at 06:38 PM, Douglas Schnell wrote: > Assuming GE wants to sell engines (which is a pretty safe assumption), > what > is its incentive to price them uncompetitively and lose orders? > > Plus, you have Boeing pushing _very_ heavily against any price changes > by > GE. Boeing, incidentally, is interested in selling as many aircraft as > possible. > > I just don't see a competitive concern. John Kurtzke, C.S.C. Dept of Math Univ of Portland Portland OR 97203 503-943-7377