Originally Posted by mccube5
As I was boarding a Chataqua ERJ the other day and glanced into the flight deck i noticed the pilot seats. They really did seem really uncomfortable. It seemed like the leather on it was on the verge of needing tape to hold it together. That alone seems like a reason to choose the CRJ, I would think the seat should be one of the most important features of a plane since you have to sit in it for several hours straight.
The only reason to choose one over the other is PAY and QUALITY OF LIFE! Who cares what shape the seats are in? Having flown both the CRJ-200 and ERJ, I thought the CRJ seats were much less comfortable than the ERJ. The CRJ has a little more lateral room due to the wider fuselage but a lot of that room gets eaten up by the pool table-sized pedastal on the thing. As far as flying goes, the ERJ is much more automated and has a lot better performance (at least over the CRJ-200). On the other hand, the CRJ is quieter in the cockpit.