True... they arent 90 seat airplanes no matter how much he tries to make them. By that logic, the 744 is a 500+ seat airliner while we run them around with 370 or so.

Just because management can put more seats in them, doesn't mean they will. The "70" seat CRJs at DL are equipped with 65 seats... the airlines have realized the value of a premium product instead of packing as many seats as possible in the "RJs." (transcons are now regional flying if they are still RJs).

I still think that a viable economic argument could be made for the jumbo RJs at mainline, though... no matter how much steam our resident RJ know-it-all can blow out of his ears.

The only argument that I heard from our rep was that they didn't want them at mainline if it couldnt support a mainline pay rate. My bloodpressure still rises over that one.