[norton]

I'm no fan of BAC.
But once the government busted the lease deal over three people's conviction that laws didn't apply to them (and Boeing's insane failure to cut them off), there was probably no way that France, Germany, and AIRBUS would not win the contract.
I'm betting that it will turn into a fiasco and possibly new life for some left over MD-11s sitting out in the desert.

[Paleo Conservative]

I'm betting that it will turn into a fiasco and possibly new life for some left over MD-11s sitting out in the desert.

How many MD-11's do you know about being stored in the desert? Just about every passenger MD-11 that comes on the market gets bought by an air freight company.