Originally Posted by
JGR01
So let me understand your logic.
During the daytime on a transcon 763 you want OGBC seats.
On the nighttime transcon 763 you want NGBC seats.
Since by end of 2007 all the 763 will be NGBC seats soon you will not have your preference.
And anyhow, once all the daylight OGBC seats go SFO-JFK (or JFK-SFO) they gotta go somewhere? They most likely become nighttime flights on the way back. So then you want these flights to be NGBC seats? What will they do with all the OGBC seats on the coast until the next daylight flight that you want them to fly? Sit idle? Think not. Making money involves the highest utilization of aircraft that scheduling can create. I mean two hours of sit-time in an airport costs AA a lot of $$ .. and you want them to sit potentially up to 12 hours!??!
When they all are NGBC seats .. what will you do? Fly the routes during the day that still have OGBC seats (762) util they eventually get updated?
No, you're missing the point completely. To the extent that there are planes that have not yet been switched to NGBC, they should be allocated to domestic routes (preferably not overnight flights, but in any event, domestic routes).
International flights should receive priority NGBC seats over ALL other flights. When I'm coughing up $5K+ for a J tkt with no F option, priority should be given to these flights. Period.
Once all the seats are switched over, who cares--it's a mute point.