Jose, How many times a year do they have to fly from MIA to LAX, SFO, PDX, SEA? I'm not sure you can compare a athletic team flight with a regulary scheduled flight. No freight not as many PAX, etc. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: <B787300@xxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 12:05 AM Subject: Re: Sports Charters (was Whose 727?) > The B727-200 can't reach LAX from Miami if the winds are wrong, and if they > can't reach LAX they can't reach SFO and points north (PDX, SEA). National > 727's had to stop in Houston for fuel during the DC10 grounding period and > Northeast often stopped for fuel on "non-stop" flights, and so did Delta.