Well said Fil- the like of JAA represent this idea that being a perpetually miserable git is somehow a mark of honour- to the extent that it would just be too uncool for someone to answer an aviation related question on an aviation web-site.
Fact is, it is just an admission that JA has gotten himself, as a big grown-up person with choices, stuck in a profession he no longer enjoys, and resents anyone who is not similarly miserable.
Sad really.
To answer your question, the latest batch are a mixture of regular and "ULR" (higher gross weight) variants. What this means regard routes, I have no idea!
CIs are calculated on a per-flight basis. You'd expect an increase with current fuel process, but they are still less than 100.
Hope that helps.