Originally Posted by
maveric311
another downside in the 737-7 for pax's is that it cannot serve some of the smaller airports that the RJ's currently fly to.
There are very, very few Airports that we operate in and out of that a mainline aircraft could not utilize. Mainline aircraft, for the most part, have the excess power to get in and out with impressive loads while we frequently find ourselves weight-restricted.
Look at Orange County, or Roanoke (and the list goes on). Short runways, but always bustling with the likes of UPS/FedEx, WN, UA, DL, US, etc...
Small plane does not
always mean access to smaller fields. In all seriousness, our RJ's are far less flexible than their mainline counterparts.