Originally Posted by
gloopy
Until other airlines "pattern" with massive fleets of large RJ's and...wait for it...someone is first to up the seat count even further for a cookie.
Then they're back to square one where everyone hires the same cut throats to fly the same planes for them at the same costs and al they end up doing is raiding eathother's networks as they fatten the coffers of the next delusional IndyAir wannabe.
No, it's just better to cap the type and have ratios, rather than have "unlimited" of anything. CAL had only 50 seat jets (terrible with high oil), and unlimited Dash-8-400s, which killed their 737-500 operation out of the NE from EWR. AA had Eagle flying a limited number of 70 seaters, and unlimited E145s, E140s, and E135s. The next largest plane to their limited 70 seaters was the MD80, since they parked all of their Fokker 100s after 9-11. There was nothing in between. They could have bought some 100 seaters, but did not. That could have lead them to BK.