Originally Posted by
deltajuliet
Read through the thread and just want to clarify, does your scope define aircraft by number of seats or also by weight? Essentially, they can’t replace a CRJ 200 with a 550, correct? They’d have to take a 700 out of service to put a 550 in?
The 50 seaters and 70/76 seaters are both limited in total number (using a formula)
and by gross weight.
50-seat limit is 65,000lbs and the 70/76-seat limit is 86,000lbs.
So the 550 is simply an existing CRJ700 that is being re-certified with a lower seat capacity and a reduced gross weight to comply with the 50-seat 65,000 lbs limit in the United Pilot Agreement.