Originally Posted by TonyWilliams

I remember at a meeting with Jerry/Chip that UAL actually liked the 50 seaters in some markets, 'cuz they made sense. Sending in a 70, or 90, or 110, or whatever machine that has lower per seat cost doesn't make sense if the plane isn't mostly full.

It's still cheaper to have 40 pax in a 50 seat CRJ, than 40 pax in a E-175 or B737. Some of those pax want to get on a big bird to somewhere on a ticket that cost beau coup bucks. If UAL doesn't provide it, somebody no doubt will.