Dude, you must be kidding me, comparing yourself/us regular consumers to a buyer like SIA? :lol:
You know how much the deal with Airbus for the A380s was? About S$8,000,000,000. This month, they just inked another deal with Airbus for 20 A350s for S$5,700,000,000. SIA is a critical customer.
Also, another reason for compensation was because they were legally bound. There are penalty clauses in the contract they signed, with specific performance indicators.
Airbus isn't the only one in the game, if SIA is pissed off, they'll move their billions to Boeing instead. Hence, a reason to be competitive - Those two are constantly fighting for contracts. Planes are HUGE ticket items man. Makes the most expensive drum kit look like spare change.
Just a thought, if you put it in context, $5 million compensation in a $8 billion deal, is like compensating you with 5 bucks if you bought $8K worth of gear.
Anyway, we're crazy. Talking about Planes in a sale thread. Haha.
Thanks for the update RD. I see you've gone to recce already
The Sessions look like a good deal, if it's with a hardware pack.