How many people do you think fly to Bozeman, Montana or Cedar City, Utah on any given day?
It would take several days worth of passengers to fill a 737. Well, Delta offers 7 non-stop flights daily between SLC and Bozeman. 7. If there’s enough traffic between the two cities to justify 7 non-stop flights on a regional jet there’s enough traffic to justify two flights on a 737 instead. Sure, it will be somewhat more inconvenient, you’ll have to choose between the morning and afternoon flights, but using regional jets to fly small numbers of people between destinations many times a day is exactly why we have so much trouble with congestion at our airports. –Anonymous Permalink Friday, June 8, 2007 09:07 AM PDT Rights and Wrongs This may be off on a tangent, but rest assured, it was indeed inspired by this week’s column. It occurs to me that Americans have a terribly skewed set of priorities when it comes to their rights, and this is very clearly apprehended when looking at the airline industry. We clamor incessantly for the right to good service, which apparently includes lots
