Originally Posted by
Sink r8
I always assumed that the Embraer Regional Jets are Regional Jets. And I also assumed an aircraft that isn't at the mainline, and suddenly is, was "brought in".
But yes, we do have a rate for it. A crappy rate. And no actual airframes.
But semantically, we're awesome.
ERJ-145 was the Embraer Regional Jets.
Notice they dropped the ERJ on the 170-195 family. They called them the E-Jets to get away from the regional jet connotation, and rightfully so, just notice the range and capacity.
Check out the cockpit of the E2s, which I assume is what they're using
Still, I don't get why people don't think they'd replace mainline jets on routes if they were publicly slated to replace the 717 out west.