Originally Posted by MikeB525
Wait.....the CRJ-200 and the CRJ-700 are bid as separate aircraft? Are they not common type ratings?? Seems odd the have two aircraft of the same series in your fleet and bid them as seperate aircraft. They have identical flight decks and probably the same systems (just different speeds, weights, etc.). Can you clarify??
They are the same type. My company (which shall remain anonymous to protect the guilty) operates 200's and 700's interchangeably as far as pilots are concerned. The systems are almost identical, HOWEVER aerodynamic design of the wings and landing is another story...way different. The 200 lands like an F-16, the 700 lands like a real airliner. You have to watch yourself if you've been flying one exclusively, then switch to the other. SkyWest choses to keep the pilots segregated, upgrade from the 200 is brief groundschool and a checkout in the airplane (maybe a sim session or two also?). They still get 90% of the benefit of the common type rating.
Some 75/76 operators keep them separate, others co-mingle (united IIRC).