Originally Posted by
forgot to bid
I'm with Timbo.
They might not profitably fill all of the WBs but they flood the market. It'd be like us putting 757s on wherever JB flies out of BOS. If the goal is to make money then that's probably not a good way to do it; but if the goal is to drive someone out of the market it's not a bad idea.
As to the 7ERs, I wonder if repeated domestic has their cycle life higher than it should be? That can time out an airframe since a lot of maintenance is predicated on whatever comes first - hours and/or cycles.
They are pouring a ton of money into the ER's. the business case for adding winglets and gutting the interiors was based on the airframes remaining in service for a long time.