Originally Posted by
av8tordude
50 seat flying is a thing of the far distant past. I'm sure you must be aware of that fact by now with all the CRJ 700/900 & EMB170/175 Delta has flying for them...lol. Yes..Delta has B717, but if DL can't make the profit margin they want with B717 flying certain routes, regional airlines would happily slug it out with each to do the flying. Also, frequency will be limited considering they don't operate their aircraft like SW. An airplane on the ground is airplane that is not makin money.
The B717 will have a lower CASM then any 76 seater. For the rock bottom price that the B717s were acquired for it'll be difficult to not make $$$ with them. Delta is still making money with the DC9-50. It has less seats then the B717 & is much less fuel efficient.
I'm not sure why you think SW operates the B717 any different then Delta will. I jump seated on a AirTran B717 just a few months ago, & it wasn't a quick turn at all.