And the airlines don't like to tie up a "modern day" aircraft waiting for a ball game to be over. An aircraft that sit doesn't make any money. I know that during the mid 70's the Yankees were looking at a old UAL B720 for team travel. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: <damiross2@xxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 11:43 AM Subject: Re: Sports Charters (was Whose 727?) > First of all, the rich players don't pay a dime to fly - their company does. > Second, the 727's are much more comfortable than WN's 737s because they have > seats for only 35 to 50 people. > Third, the 727 can get into airports that the 737-300 cannot fly into because > the 727 can land and takeoff in a shorter distance than the 737-700 and 757. > > David R > > Isn't it interesting that these incredibly rich players with even richer team > > owners fly (with the exception of the 757 Cuban bought for the Mavericks) on > > these old planes retired from plebian service. For 19 bucks each way, I fly > > on a 737-700 of WN. These guys pay big money for these charters and fly 727s > > and even 731s (remember HPs Phoneix Suns charter). > > > > AA >