Originally Posted by
bluejuice71
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.
I'm not saying they parked 88's because of the 717.
What I'm saying is they have no problem taking a full route and slicing capacity by 39 seats and not adding another segment. They do it a lot. If you flew the 88 and now fly the 717 you see it all of the time.
The 717 didn't grab as many RJ flights as it did 88 flights.
So if they can cut capacity 26%, why not make it 33% and put it on the 190? Now I don't think they'll replace 116 88s with 75 e190s, but I could see a split order of 190s, airbus and the fluf jet to replace 88s and in doing so I would not be surprised if the capacity or shell count is less.
Hence the need to protect pay.