Originally Posted by
GucciBoy
Unless every person in that class is <30, no one will choose to commute in order to not fly the 88.
Not sure about that. With the retirements we have coming up in the next couple of years it will be very short timelines to get just about any base in the narrow body you want on the FO side of things. If given the choice of being locked into the MD88 for a minimum of two years to be based in Atlanta versus taking the A320 to NYC knowing that the odds are good you'd get to Atlanta within 6-9 months with the movement that's coming... I think quite a few people would go for the tray table. Just a thought.
I flew the 10 back in the early 2000's. I did enjoy flying Big Sexy as it was referred to.