Originally Posted by
georgetg
Apart from "lower pilot costs" (yes he did say that in front of a whole group of pilots) he said the 738 takes 25 days to break even with 5 days of "gravy" whereas the numbers are reversed for the MD90....
Cheers
George
Did it smell like he passed gas? I ask because he was clearly letting the toothless wonder do the talking. That's simply crap. But I can see how it would be a very popular statement amongst the "we fly the same seats, pay us" crowd. (and I wish you luck in C2012, I really do)
Route on route, the break even is around 400NM. The 737's superior wing and -7B's eat the MD90's lunch, despite the smaller cabin and lighter weight of the MD90, if cruise lasts more than 40 minutes or so.
Not that I'm hating on the more comfortable Douglas POS. It just needed more development dollars than Douglas chose to spend on updating a 1950's vintage airfoil.