Originally Posted by
linglingfool
I'm not quite sure you actually understand, as you're continuing to use indicators you admit are not authoritative, and in this case paint an inaccurate picture -- there are a wide variety of reasons someone booked on the flight may not have a seat assignment. For example, this Friday, of the 156 J seats available on AA metal, there are only 3 left for sale, despite seat maps showing 17 available. I'm not sure how that's anything other than a very healthy load.
but does a healthy load in J = profits? Maybe a lot of those J seats are coach upgrades...Its been noted in many discussion forums that the 77L doesn't really become a profitable plane unless it flies a certain distance on its particular route; How about the 77W?
It still seems like to big a plane for such a short flight. For arguments sake, lets say planes are going out full, is the 77W optimally being used on such a short flight?
Look at tomorrow's flights...coach looks very wide open to me and this is less then 24 hours from departure; when seats tend to start getting assigned,