Originally Posted by
sailingfun
What you fail to understand is we have lived the evolution of scope. The E175-2/MRJ absolutely would work as a 717 replacement. It’s close enough and actually has better range. It would not be a 175 replacement. Delta plans a 30 year life cycle on airframes. They are a long way from needing replacement.
In your cost statement you make my point. At the cost it could be flown at the regionals the majors would not take on a 100 to 120 seat airframe. The CEO of UAL has said exactly that and backed it up by canceling their small aircraft order.
We fly 4 and 5 leg days now at Delta.
In the end all regional feed is mainline replacement. But the MRJ is not a true mainline AC replacement. It will only have 75 to 80 seats. It’s just a few thousand pounds heavier than a 175. It will be used to replace 50 seaters and older CRJ7/9s. That’s what you need. Less regional aircraft.