Originally Posted by
forgot to bid
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.
So an MD88 sits on a ramp somewhere while a 717 does the flight? Doubtful. The 88 is being redeployed on another route. We haven't gotten rid of any 88's due to the 717's coming on property.