Originally Posted by forgot to bid

I'll look. Iti s important. Once you go 120 lb max weight limit table you never go back.



I hope for your sake it happens.


I just don't know. I've got nothing to do with aircraft acquisitions at Delta beyond forcing them to replace one if I have a really rotten day at work. But I have several arguments, and it's all imho:

• I bet they're not looking to replace 116 MD-88s with 149 seats with 116 brand X jets with 150 seats. A 1:1 shell and capacity swap. They could use some mix of 190s, 319s, 320s, 321s, 737s, 738s and 739s and it might not even be 1:1 in capacity. It could be fewer jets and more capacity, more jets and same capacity or fewer jets and fewer capacity.
• The 737-700/A319 are never too small and never too big for a particular route. If there is a demand for 100 seats at 6am and 100 seats at 10am, they're happy with one 125 seater at 6am. If you need 200 seats on a route at 6am, a 125 seater will do just fine too. Want to get on? Pay more. More PRASM. The 110 seat 717 has done a lot of MD-88 replacement in ATL despite seating 39 fewer people.
• The routes we fly, for instance DTW-GRR, ATL-ORF, MEM-LAX, LAX-SEA, NYC-BOS, NYC-PBI, and so on, do not need a lot of technology.
• Fuel efficiency can be trumped by rent, reliability, maintenance, staffing, program sustainability and any combination thereof.

If they order the CS, they're taking a gamble. Looks like a cool plane and hopefully it works. But I'd just be surprised. What are you flying now?