Originally Posted by
Rolf
I'm not sure which route is better. It seems to me that 1 scale to fly everything from 717s to -800 encourages the SWA to buy larger (fewer?) aircraft. Section 6 wishlist: improving near international codeshare, singing lessons (trust me, TS) and a shrubbery!
This is the crux of a discussion that I get into over at DAL. The other side says just the opposite of what you just said however. They say that since all captains are paid the same, the company would go with more Barbie jets since a 747 captain and a RJ captain would be paid the same.. I fail to follow THAT logic.. but.. what you say seems more likely to me.. except that big airplanes are expensive. who kjnows. Interesting though.... My POV is that aircraft purchases are a management decision, and we have no say in that process. meh.. I'm not gonna get into that discussion here since it is not really germane to this one.. but it is interesting that your current rates are an extension of the -500 rates...