Originally Posted by
BoilerUP
No, it doesn't...and it doesn't take a financial whiz kid to simply look at fuel burns alone (not even considering capital costs or depreciation) to know that.
You can't look at fuel cost alone. We could just talk about acquisition cost to begin with and with all the other operating expenses is where the RJ looses its shine. Some number cruncher did a cost analysis and found to run 1 RJ cost almost the same as to run 1 737-300. I wished I had those numbers to really digest them.
Does an RJ have its place? Yes, of course. But not flying 2+hr legs or hub to hub flying as they are doing now.