[blockquote]
----------------
On 11/27/2002 7:00:24 AM WingNaPrayer wrote:
One thing your theory is going to present a problem to is the traveling public, who is not going to be inclined to make plane change after plane change to get where they're going, as would be the case with an over abundance of RJs in the fleet.
----------------
[/blockquote]
I think you're wrong WNP - people do and will continue to make a plane change after plane change to get to where they're going. It happens every day. For all the hype that SW is a point-to-point carrier their operations at say, BWI or MDW or PHX for example, look like a hub to me. From where I live, I can take a NW flight to DTW and connect on NW to wherever I need to get, or drive to DTW and take a AA, UA, DL, US flight to one of their hubs and connect there. If you live in a small community (small means less than 1 million) chances are (trends indicate) that flights to/from an airline hub will be a mix of RJs and maybe some mailine if you're lucky. If AA offers good value (value pricing 2) people will buy tickets on AA, even if it means travelling on an RJ.