Originally Posted by forgot to bid

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.