Originally Posted by
dkul
As a captain I would always fly the shorter route and worry about burning the fuel enroute. Why? Because we are going to burn the fuel either way so no saving there.
Passengers don't receive extra EQM/RDM, so why fly the longer route?
Originally Posted by
dkul
The older 145 ER's (I believe are all gone now from XJT) were very bad on weight limits...basically limiting to 45 pax.
Bad for fuel economy, but great for VDB! That explains why I've had much less success with VDB these past few years.