Seems like a no-brainer, but …

Published 9:00 pm Thursday, January 20, 2005

… officials with AMR Corp., who can’t afford to pay for the planes they already have on order, say they won’t buy the A380 either.

OK, the story’s actually more nuanced than that. Check it for yourself at

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2005-01-20-aa-a380_x.htm

And here’s a story from The Scotsman in Edinburgh, talking about British Airways’ reluctance to buy the new superjumbo:

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4028851