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Old Mar 28, 2005 | 10:01 am
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Originally Posted by fly co to see the yanks


having said that, continental is pretty desperate for widebodies, particularly after the tail strike last week (or two weeks ago) that put down a precious 777 for an extended period.
Indeed they are, even without the butt bounce at EWR, but unfortunately I think bringing on "new" equipment with different engines creates more issues then solving them. Once all of these contract issues are in the past I think CO would jump at a chance for a good deal on 777s similar to the 738s and 753s from ATA, but the need to have the GE engines.

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