Originally Posted by
bonvoyage
If we took out our first class to mimic southwest cabins, the -300 could hold about 150. So yes the -100 would probably do just like our E195s and hold around 120
SWA wants a 149 seat aircraft with a 32" seat pitch. I suspect the 300 would seat about 135 at 32" pitch.
Bringing a aircraft onboard with no growth potential also means that as they reach the point the 800's need replacement they would be operating 3 aircraft types. The 737 will go away someday.