Originally Posted by
Ottopilot
All I do is 737-800/900 transcons. I've never had a fuel stop. It does eat runway though. I'm tired of rotating on the opposite end numbers. While it is a domestic replacement for the 757, it will never perform like a 757.
737-900ER = 173 seats (less cost, less gas = more money for Jeffy)
757-200 = 175 seats
I did an entire month of SJO-EWR when we first started getting the 900ER's. Loaded up on peeps and then dropped into Libera for gas. Hey one stop service ain't bad! Wonderful month for my paycheck, not so much for the commute. Had to chuckle at the bean counter that assumed we could 'make it work'. Back to 800's the following month and as you probably know now it's partly a 75 trip in peak season.