Originally Posted by
jsled
Bottom line.....
in the last 12 months.....
65- 737-700s were ordered to "replace 50 seat RJ flying"
of those orders, 4 were converted to 800s..61 were deferred indefinitely.
Now we just signed up for 65- 50 seat RJs
I've talked to a number of LCA's fairly recently (two in the past three trips). Based on the recent standards meeting cliff notes it seems (new) management didn't want to commit to 65 737-700s that were already a decade old technology and not substantially fuel effecient when newer, much more effecient technology is right around the corner. Once those 737s were on property UCH would be stuck with them for a considerable length of time and didn't want that commitment. Seemed reasonable to me from a financial standpoint.