Originally Posted by Purple Nugget

This also leads to another question, if fuel savings is sooo important now, then why do we fly an empty antique, fuel-guzzling, B-727 EMPTY every day between BOS & ORD, burning about 27,000 lbs. of dead dinosaurs?

I understand that maybe there is always more stuff going to BOS and from ORD every day, but the cross-country reposition? That's the best an elite logistics company can come up with?

Originally Posted by MaxKts

We have been doing the same with a Maddog between NRT and NGO for a long time. This plane goes empty both ways just to keep a slot open!