You are tight about it all being a stretch.

If I read it correctly, you kinda answeed your own question, from my POV. It is all speculation anyway. We don`t know the Alaska Air --> APS --> Wencor PO details and all we do know is Boyer said they could buy up to 6000 units over several years. Remember, it was Boyer who owned the Alaska Air relationship, not Wencor. I doubt Alaska Air would actually write a PO on the front end for all 6000 units having zero experience with the product or the vendor. Of course, I don`t know.

As for the product Alaska is using, they will likely be changing products in some way -- the manufacturer will change, at a minimum, as their current digEplayer will no longer be made by EDIG / Maycom. Maybe Wencor makes an exact look alike in their not ready for prime time production facility or maybe they upgrade the unit to compete with eVU and others. As you say, we don`t know.

I think Wencor`s own legal issues will bit them in the arse as well. Would you committ to a product that has licensed tech from a company the manufacturer is sueing? How about from a brand new manufacturer who cannot show you one production unit at this time? I run from brand new electronics factories. There are always start up problems like insertion equipment failures, insertion or CNC software glitches, wrong parts / values ordered, part loading problems, poorly trained and inexperienced labor and so on...

For my money, Southwest would be the best thing flying for eVU. However, getting that deal would take a lot of juice EDIG does not seem to have or has shown. IMO, no airline is going to committ BIG to a company in a legal mess. Not Wencor or EDIG. This market is still small and unpredicable due to the financial strength of the major players.

John