Originally Posted by
Softpayman
Yeah, better to have a plane sit 12 hours doing nothing and get a 90% on time vs the plane actually making money and having a 80% on time.
(What's a flagship long haul flight?? You must have this mistaken for the Concord and 1978).
Again look at how 757s get utilized. They don't sit for 12 hours. There aren't 757's sitting in Buenos Aires, Rio or Sao Paulo all day waiting for return flights. The 757's that UAL/AA/DAL use go to Europe from NY as well as head West to Denver/SFO during the day.
How do you not understand the difference between a 757 and an XLR? If one of Americans 757s gets stuck at an outstation, they can sub any other ETOPS 757. That's not true of an XLR. If it gets stuck in a wx groundstop or gets hours behind schedule, the XLR flight gets cancelled or runs hours late because they can't just sub another A321.
Not to mention, these will have 24-30 Mint seats with all aisle access and set up for premium long-haul... You gonna send that down on an MCO turn?