Old 05-29-2008, 05:32 PM
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Carl Spackler
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Originally Posted by formerdal View Post
This statement doesn't keep the 9's flying it confirms the argument to park them...parking the 88's still costs the company money, parking the 9's saves money....you sure your a 400 CPT...
The key is flexibility. They can park them or they can fly them. If they park them, they save money. If they fly them their total cost of operation is about the same as other 100 seat airplanes that have to be leased. If you don't understand that, I can't help you.

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