Originally Posted by
MD-11Loader
The question is whether AA can afford to play copycat and fall further behind an already expanding revenue gap between DL and UA.
The issue here is United’s scope clause is different than Americans. At United a 700 is equal to a 175 so they are parking 700s to get new 175s. Now they figured out a way to reconfigure them into 50 seaters that some bean counter thinks will make a profit.