Part of the moving into the third phase was having an airplane to inspect and to be approved. Had they leased a plane it would have been since 2010 minimum.
Your point does have merits and are understood. Not knowing how long the certification was going to be must have played a major part in their decision to buy.
The slides not deploying have nothing to do with the plane being old. The slides could have failed on a brand new plane.
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