Regional jets are not exactly news. In fact, they're a major contributor to the runway capacity issues that are causing record delays: http://www.salon.com/tec

Regional jets are not exactly news. In fact, they're a major contributor to the runway capacity issues that are causing record delays: http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2007/11/16/askthepilot254/index.html http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2007/11/16/askthepilot25... OTOH: Air taxi services (e.g. DayJet) are actually really disruptive business models: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DayJet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DayJet