I called Chuck as well, and he basically said the same thing that he said to Todd. While I certainly understand that he didn't mean what he said, in my dealings with Chuck, he's always been a guy I could take at his word. Its probably why we were all so alarmed.
Chuck mentioned to me that the only reason he even said anything regarding the future of the 20 is because he fears for its future given the lack of development on the platform. I don't know whether its the lack of development of the 20 class, or the fact that the F18 class is constantly evolving - its kind of hard to gauge the status of a class when measured against a moving target.
