Originally Posted by
highfarfast
If it's cheaper, people will buy the ticket. They will make clever to them jokes about it as they board or will make disparaging remarks on facebook about having to ride on an "old prop". But the consumer has shown price point is really all they think about when booking a fight.
That's the conventional wisdom in a lot of things, but most US legacies consciously moved to all-jet service on regional routes primarily for (irrational) customer preference. Or at least it was a selling point.