Agreed.

In a greener world, the Q400 would be the RJ killer. Send the RJs to China. Or maybe Bombardier could deal with Embraer to both drop the gas hogs and co-manufacture the Qs.

A 73 at 410 and .79 burns about 4300 pounds/hr with 137 pax.

The Ejets, ERJs and CRJs waste a lot of fuel per passenger mile.
(the worst, but they're all a close second, CRJ2 @370, .74 burning about 3000 pounds/hr with 50pax).

Anyway, I started this thread for those that debate which place to build time for their ultimate goal. Some airlines will hire candidates with 7 years of regional jet sic time, but at this time, the majority don't.