Originally Posted by
djrogs03
Fuel burn is a small piece of the puzzle, it still doesn't explain it, if it was purely fuel burn wouldn't the other majors be buying CRJ's left and right?
And we'd see a LOT more Q-400s flying around if it was all about fuel burn. I think Delta got a killer deal it couldn't refuse from Bombardier to buy all of those 900s. The Embraer is more expensive but there's a reason why. Pilots and passengers both say it's a better plane than the CRJ product.