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I don't think that would work financially. Making a "stop" in a Mad dog ain't like making a stop in a city bus. Way too much gas gets consumed in taxi and takeoffs.
The only thing as a whole though would mean 1 airplane ownership cost rather than 2 with the smaller 2 costing more. Not to mention 1 gate and ground crew instead of 2 in ATL and those 2 jets also will burn taxi and TO fuel as well. Works for SWA on slighty smaller more expensive to have albeit burning less fuel jets.
Now trying to get an 88 brakes to take to 45 min hops is a different issue.
