Some ideas that may help CO and pacafiy us as well.
Chasbondy has a point in that CO has quite a diffcult-balancing act to walk in regards to funds. To that end, if CO truly thinks that adding coach will help the 735 and 753 perform better, then more power to them. (But, if CO claims that they are flying the 753 on leasiure routes, I do not expect to see them on the IAH-EWR runs.) However, there have got to be some ideas that are not too hard on the old balancing book that CO could implement that would make us FTers happier.
1. Upgrade ratios are right now are somewhat poor
and as they are what keeps many of us with CO, we feel the pain. As the 738 represents the majority of the 73X fleet, can the birds that have not been delived be configured in the 'Mid-Lavatory' setting?
2. Can CO consider an E+ product for the 787s? I do not think so many of would complain as bitterly as we do now if CO offered a quasi-premium product that would be in reach of the elites... without a fee!
3. Could CO offer 737 flights across the pond that were eligible for EUAs?