Originally Posted by flapshalfspeed

The E-175 has a longer range than the CRJ-900--by 600-1000 nautical miles for most variant comparisons, esp. when fully loaded. Not sure where you're getting your numbers from.

Most of the fuel stops we make on the EJet are due to unforecast (or unanticipated-by-dispatch) headwinds, or due to new routes where we don't have good data on anticipated block times/en route spacing delays/etc.. This was particularly true when the EJet program first started in IAH, since no one had really operated EJets into a lot of our "4 hour plus" markets before.

The only thing the 9-hundo beats the Electric-Jet on are climb performance, ceiling, and yoke design.