Originally Posted by DBono

Yea, my preference for the XR is strictly from a selfish pilot perspective. Agree no discernable difference for pax. But I've spent a fair amount of time on 50 seaters as a passenger in my previous life and I would place the 145 way above the CRJ200 from a pax comfort perspective. Maybe it's just that I prefer window seats and the -200 has the well-known infringement on shoulder room that was fixed by lowering the seats on the -700/900. I always loved the single seat side of the 145.