I never flew the ERJ, but the CRJ 200 is a piece of crap. It climbs like a sick dog above the mid 20s. Thinking of going to FL410? Fuhgiddaboutit! No FADEC. You have to set the power like in a turboprop. The radar isn't very good. The passengers have to be midgets to see out the window. And to top it off, it lands faster than a fricking 757.

On the other hand, I now fly the CRJ 700 and most of the problems have been fixed. Slats allow slower approach speeds and got rid of the "lawn dart" pitch attitude. Better radar with individual controls for each pilot. Much better power. You can keep 1000 fpm up into the high 30s if you plan well. I havn't been to 410, but I have seen 390. RVSM cruise speed limitation is 0.83 and sometime requires you to pull the power back. Plus there are two FAs and two lavs, so the captain and FO don't have to share.

Some problems are common to both airplanes. No VNAV (at least not at ASA). There is a lot of noise when you are faster than 320 KIAS. The coat closets are big enough for one coat, not two. The hole for the flight bags is not big enough for my nice DoJet bag. No flight deck storage for crew bags at all (although the FAs have a cubby in the galley for their bags).