Originally Posted by
Varsity
You will have to fly the 145.
The 175 at Envoy doesn't have overwater equipment and probably never will. It weighs 500 pounds and hurts payload on our longer routes (DFW-YYC). Republic has a dedicated fleet of overwater 175s. They will be AA's 175 lift in MIA for a long time to come.
I kinda wonder about the long term viability of our 145 flying out of MIA.
Yeah pretty sure RW said the overwater thing was "dead in the water", no pun intended. Envoy wanted to keep Canada flying as their bread and butter so to speak.