Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Had we allowed the newer versions of those aircraft the company would have gone that route rather than purchase a 100 seater. In fact UAL is trying to convince their pilots to allow more capable regional jets and canceled their small jet program at the mainline.
They can buy e-175's not the e2 version. They can also buy the MRJ70.
The problem is the regionals are not reliable nor highly rated by the
customer. Mainlines want to keep them happy and paying a premium for mainline metrics. If regionals consistently performed as good as mainline for 1/2 - 2/3 the cost mgt would be happy and not trying
to up-guage. But they're not.