Originally Posted by
bluejuice71
He essentially said it or he DID say it? Big difference there. I don't see how the E-190 could replace the 88. 100-110 seats vs 149 and the flights are always full. The domestic market is growing so why would we give up all that lift? I believe the E-190's are to bring more regional flying (like the 717's did) to mainline.
The 110 seat 717 replaces the 149 seat MD-88 all of the time on a lot of routes. I think on the 717 I counted up a month's worth of flying and only 10 legs out of 50ish were "RJ routes". The rest were routes I flew the MD-88 on.
They have no problem using an airplane too small for demand. They love doing that stuff.