Originally Posted by
AlaskaBound
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.
And no one cares or makes their ticketing decision based on that. In the vast majority of cases even if they wanted to it would be too hard to figure out. Often the regional and the plane operating a given flight changes with the day of the week or time of the day. Its silly to think all these pax are doing the legwork and trying to book "E Jets" over the CRJ-900 lol
Yeah yeah, I know, "my neighbor is a power medallion busy businessman busy with business and he always books the E Jet product, blah blah blah" but honestly, does anyone really think more than half of one percent of pax actively tries to book one over the other? And even the percentage that does, how many actually change airlines to chase the glorious "E Jet" lol