Originally Posted by Sink r8

Economics, I think. Up-gauging makes the most economic sense, which I guess is one reason that people thought it would be a good idea to gamble on the assumption the jets were coming anyway. Now we're trying to rationalize, and pretend we wouldn't have wanted the flying anyway.

I'll leave it to others to revisit the ratios, the 737's that were also cancelled, and what could have been, if they're interested. This isn't a section that was well-understood, including by me, and another reason the short timeline was a mistake.

We do know that they followed-through on the cancellation threat. I'd be curious to know whether they also followed-through on the threat to invest in more RJ's.