I understand that.
But the numbers game has its flaws - sorta like the BCS rankings. If AA flew an S80 from UNI to DFW, I doubt they'd fill more than 25 seats. Yet the aircraft's crew would make 500K per year. If AA flew an ERJ, the crew wouldn't be making more than 150K. UNI is not a big cargo market. An RJ is more fuel-efficent and overall a better plane to serve the market.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by LarryJ:
In actuality, yes.
The RJ flies some long legs and the MD80s, B737s, etc. fly some short legs. The AVERAGE stage length for the RJs is significantly shorter than the AVERAGE stage length for the mainline jets.</font>