Well that 100% depends on the contract. My hunch is if it was stated like that in the contract than they wouldn't be "asking" and this wouldn't be a news story.

Well that 100% depends on the contract. My hunch is if it was stated like that in the contract than they wouldn't be "asking" and this wouldn't be a news story. I don't know what kind of supplier would agree to that though, it would be a really sweet deal to reserve parts and then not have to actually you know buy them.