In a message dated 4/27/02 2:20:48 PM US Mountain Standard Time, wlw-jr@att.net writes: > Good question. .they LUV the -200 for local routes. > ...my $0.02 is that they might want to go ahead and put time/cycles on them > until the next major inspection and then park them while keeping the -700 > fresh. > ..or it might be the extra expense/scheduling of differences training for > the cockpit crew from the -200 to the -700. > > It's the bottom line, guys! Those aircraft are either owned or leased at a > cost to LUV far below what they're paying on the new 700s. Plus for intra > state routes, the economies of flying NGs aren't as significant as on > longer hauls. All SW flight crews are checked out to fly the 200, 300, 500 > and 700 Boeings in their fleet. > > RT Simpson >