Is it customary that Flight 11 is so underbooked?
Flight 11 was a Boeing 757/200. This plane holds 239 passengers. There were 81 passengers and 11 crew. The 11 crew members included 2 pilots and 9 flight attendants. Is it normal that this flight would not be at capacity based on other Flight 77s that leave from Boston to LA at the same time every day? Flights within the airline industry operate on standardized schedules. They don’t make the schedules after the passengers book the flights. The only days that the schedules deviate are Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays (about 30 percent capacity). I flew out West from Florida about three months ago, and every flight I got on was either full or overbooked. Same question of the other flights Flight #175 had 54 passengers, the Pentagon plane, Flight #77, had 56 passengers, and the Pennsylvania flight, 38. All less than 25 percent of capacity. Why? I don’t have access to the files of AA or United, but some reporter should be able to find out this information. Speculation: Fewer people, easier
