Originally Posted by channa

This is the 735, and there are lots of discussion on this. CO spun the FC reduction as not a big deal, since the 735 primarily serves shorter routes.

But you're right. Not only do we see it on EWR-DFW (1,382 miles), we also see it on:

EWR-IAH = 1,414 miles
IAH-DCA = 1,208
IAH-SNA = 1,346
IAH-SFO = 1,635 miles (4 hours!!)

Many of these are also heavy business routes which sell the F seats. And while nobody really cares about F on DFW-IAH, BOS-EWR, or DCA-EWR, I wonder if they're shooting themselves in the foot with some of these longer routes.