Originally Posted by
Karloffstall
"Don't mind flying the CRJ"
I've never understood why people have a distaste for the CRJ after the ERJ showed up. It is still a jet, still has two engines, still flies 400-500 knots over the ground, and still has two flight attendants you can try to bang on overnights..
It's that all-important "engine under wing time" that majors prefer
The ERJ (once you get off reserve/probation) is going to pay a bit better, and may have better quality trips on average than the 200.
But the CRJ will probably get you flying more and sooner, and if you want a fast upgrade that's going to come on the CRJ. You can upgrade from ERJ to CRJ, but you're incurring a noticeably higher risk of failing a training event and taking the PRIA hit trying upgrade on a jet you've never flown.
For those reasons, if you're upward-bound I'd do CRJ and then take the first upgrade. If you get stuck at SKW for some reason, you'll still have decades to fly the ERJ.