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Originally posted by USAirways85
they need to get the rj's. they are operating too many mainline aircraft on short routes. such as flts from phl to buf, syr, rdu, greensboro, albany, and a few others i cant think of. if they put rj's on these routes they can probably ease congestion somewhat. they could also send mainline aircraft to other possibly new cities or even start getting rid of the 733's, eventhough i think they have great # of 733's.
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The problem is RJ's use the same amount of concrete as mainline jets. The rj's are unable to use rwy 26 in PHL, what a complete waiste of money that was by the way. If the loads are poor to the aforementioned cities then rj's might be called for. My point is to use PHL for mostly mainline and rj's and use PIT to connect to ABE and many of these short haul routes. Flying a Dash8 or a 1900 is almost a waiste of time, follow CO's example in EWR. CO replaced Brasilia flying with rj's. But hey I am just a caveman err pilot so what do I know.