Originally Posted by
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Now some heads will pop around here at the notion of the 190 replacing the 88 because any 88 replacement is going to have to be equal in size they would say. But I looked on my icrew max and counted the turns I do out of ATL and saw out of 62 of them, 22 were new 717 flying, the rest were 88 destinations. Many of those 88 destinations were full just about every time. The 717 comes in about 26% smaller, what's to stop them from using something 34% smaller?
I have always assumed the 88 was next on the chopping block for the following:
It did not get the updated cockpit
The E-Jets can fly at least x2 at the same cost
The 88 is approaching 30 years old
Management is always talking about how long it will be around <-- That being the dead giveaway.