St_Francis_P: For the price of a 787 they could afford to toss a whole microbrewery into the deal.

This is what I came in here to say. You may even be able to buy yourself a nice Gulfstream to get around in with the leftover cash.

Rwandair doesn't seem to have the best record for safety or paying creditors. You can bet somebody is getting hosed whenever they deal with those people.

So much fail in one headline.

/rtfa? Nonsense!

BarbadoSlim: Rwandair doesn't seem to have the best record for safety or paying creditors. You can bet somebody is getting hosed whenever they deal with those people.

0.1% people problems.

Boeing is on a tear right now. Once again they are back on top.

gawd that's an atrocious label.

BarbadoSlim: Rwandair doesn't seem to have the best record for safety or paying creditors. You can bet somebody is getting hosed whenever they deal with those people.

They will probably go though a third party that will lease the plane to Rwandair, and the exposure will be minimized through insurance.

They should've brewed a Genocider.

Pike Brewing is awesome.

What if you are named Billy?

737 now but they have plans to buy 787 in the future, according to tfa

rjakobi: What if you are named Billy?

Then your brother is a crappy president.

Nope, subby still fails. TFA is about a B737

Of course, all business jets are Learjets...

BarbadoSlim: Rwandair doesn't seem to have the best record for safety or paying creditors. You can bet somebody is getting hosed whenever they deal with those people.

St_Francis_P: For the price of a 787 they could afford to toss a whole microbrewery into the deal.

Or they could, you know, feed their own goddamn people.

People in that famine-stricken, genocide prone, politically corrupt, ridiculous asshole of a country they call Rwanda are able to fly on airplanes? The fares have got to be rock-bottom, considering impovished, malnourished Africans tend not to take up that much seat space.

AgamousChild: Pike Brewing is awesome.

This.

If I could afford a 787, would Pike offer "Asshole Stout" in my honor?

hicksfa2: St_Francis_P: For the price of a 787 they could afford to toss a whole microbrewery into the deal.

Or they could, you know, feed their own goddamn people.

People in that famine-stricken, genocide prone, politically corrupt, ridiculous asshole of a country they call Rwanda are able to fly on airplanes? The fares have got to be rock-bottom, considering impovished, malnourished Africans tend not to take up that much seat space.

Every population has a top 1%. That's still 100,000 people who can afford to fly around, buying guns and machetes for the rest. You know, for agricultural purposes.

Sweet! Sign me up!

I hope my BoA Line of Credit is enough.

Rozinante:

Every population has a top 1%. That's still 100,000 people who can afford to fly around, buying guns and machetes for the rest. You know, for agricultural purposes.



Plus, you know harvesting body parts could technically be counted as an agrarian activity.

Pvt Joker: They should've brewed a Genocider.

LOL!

And there are probably no regulations in Rwanda against the pilots drinking this beer on the job.

Is it wrong that my first thought was things like this?


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John Henry Eden: Boeing is on a tear right now. Once again they are back on top.

How so? The A350XWB is aimed squarely at killing the 777. Airbus is ahead of Boeing on their 320 replacement (Boeing is going to re-engine the 737, surprise surprise.) and the 380 is proving to have excellent dispatch reliability and meeting targets for seatmile. Boeing now also has to rework the aging 767 program into a tanker, with a bid that Northrop called "Ridiculous and endangering to the company", the 737 MarPat platform which is underperforming (as expected) as well as the 747-8 which is almost a dead in the water aircraft.

Meanwhile both Embraer and Bombardier are looking to tear a piece out of the 737 market (and the A320) with new RJs, just around the time the MD-88s are nearing the end of their service lives...

How about I don't buy one and create a custom beer in my kitchen for ~$40?

das: rjakobi: What if you are named Billy?

Then your brother is a crappy president.

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Ditto if your name is Jeb.

Given a choice of RwandAir and walking, I'll walk.

But doesn't having an airline imply that people want to not only fly out of Rwanda, but into it as well? I'm confused.

Boeing Rocks likes mountain fresh Rainer beer!

tiiger: John Henry Eden: Boeing is on a tear right now. Once again they are back on top.

How so? The A350XWB is aimed squarely at killing the 777. Airbus is ahead of Boeing on their 320 replacement (Boeing is going to re-engine the 737, surprise surprise.) and the 380 is proving to have excellent dispatch reliability and meeting targets for seatmile. Boeing now also has to rework the aging 767 program into a tanker, with a bid that Northrop called "Ridiculous and endangering to the company", the 737 MarPat platform which is underperforming (as expected) as well as the 747-8 which is almost a dead in the water aircraft.

Meanwhile both Embraer and Bombardier are looking to tear a piece out of the 737 market (and the A320) with new RJs, just around the time the MD-88s are nearing the end of their service lives...

I respect you knowledge but will say that B has 600 orders for the 787.

tiiger: Meanwhile both Embraer and Bombardier are looking to tear a piece out of the 737 market (and the A320) with new RJs, just around the time the MD-88s are nearing the end of their service lives...

Considering Delta still flies DC-9s, that could be another 10-20 years.

fdr: tiiger: John Henry Eden: Boeing is on a tear right now. Once again they are back on top.

How so? The A350XWB is aimed squarely at killing the 777. Airbus is ahead of Boeing on their 320 replacement (Boeing is going to re-engine the 737, surprise surprise.) and the 380 is proving to have excellent dispatch reliability and meeting targets for seatmile. Boeing now also has to rework the aging 767 program into a tanker, with a bid that Northrop called "Ridiculous and endangering to the company", the 737 MarPat platform which is underperforming (as expected) as well as the 747-8 which is almost a dead in the water aircraft.

Meanwhile both Embraer and Bombardier are looking to tear a piece out of the 737 market (and the A320) with new RJs, just around the time the MD-88s are nearing the end of their service lives...

I respect you knowledge but will say that B has 600 orders for the 787.

An order is a wish an airline makes. If Airbus can get the A350 into the air in a timely fashion, Boeing might find itself in a world of hurt with it's less loyal customers.

/Bit of an "if" though