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Old 05-20-2008 | 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by paxhauler85
1200 lbs/hr? CA/FO/FA make $39/$19/$15 and hour respectively?

Name another bird with that little overhead cost, for 37 seats.
Eeeeek! That’s bad but remember that being efficient doesn’t always fall to the a/c that burns the least amount of fuel or pays the least for its FLT crew.

Now if you’re talking about only moving 37 PAX then yes the CRJ/ERJ/737/A320 and all others are not as efficient as the Q. Can you imagine how inefficient a 747 would be with only 37 PAX on board going between DEN and DUR?

Now let’s think about moving 30 or 130 or 230 PAX and how much of a premium or not are those PAX willing to pay? Many other factors must be included; do you see what I’m getting at?
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