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   From: olive@LOSETHIScalpha.com   
      
   me muttered....   
      
   snip-ped, good stuff...   
   >  RCJ and 737-200 kinda aircraft would seem to   
   > feed these kinds of airports.  It would seem that the 7E7 is   
   > trying to find it's niche in this phenomenon.  Big enough to   
   > serve large/long routes. Small enough to serve moderate/frequent   
   > routes.   
      
   >   
   One wonders.....   
      
   The stretching of the RJ concept seems to run out of stringers at about 50-   
   60 seats, while the aging 737-200s are confirgured up to 130 or so, and the   
   row after row of MD-80 types with which AA flies most of its routes hold a   
   few more.   
      
   Were I looking for a currently unaddressed future need for US airlines,   
   some criteria....   
      
   Operable on 6000' runways w/full load at 100F/7500' alt.   
      
   Low fuel consumption (comparable), optimally confirgured for 200-800 mile   
   legs   
      
   100 pax, 2 aircrew, 2 FAs, 2 rows of "premium" seats   
      
   No food service, redesigned beverage carts to served only prechilled or   
   heated containerized beverages, w/alcoholic beverages limited to beer and   
   "premix" beverages   
      
   Easily accessible hold for ramp checked bags, but adaptable to jet ways,   
   rolling stairs.   
      
   On board door ladder?   
      
   TMO   
      
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