Originally Posted by
Grumble
We're not adding any 50 seaters, it's just shifting. It's a net zero to the current fleet plan. Would you rather buy 65 737's we don't currently need and start losing money?
They're also going to finally start using them the way we're supposed to... on smaller cities that in no way support mainline flying. Yet. Finally ditching the stupidity of flying RJs and -8's between major hubs.
The sky isn't falling, I'm optimistic for the time being. Lot of smaller towns being added to pump passenger traffic into the system.
I agree the sky isn't falling, but the 65 RJ's will be 65 50-seaters that were originally supposed to be parked and indirectly subbed out with 737-700's. Maybe a good solid financial move by the company, but will definitely stunt mainline growth from what was in the plan 6 months ago.