Originally Posted by 80drvr

Well, most of that is typical AMR shell game - announce new city service, pull out of existing city pair (BOS-SFO), reallocate the airplanes and crews.

Also, for every 737 for MD80 replacement, it's a 14% capacity increase (160 seats vs. 140) with the same crew ratio.

Retirements are also lagging the company's forecast -- the big exodus everyone is hoping for hasn't happened and probably won't until December, 2012.