Originally Posted by
Jaxs170
1) It's the wrong sized airplane for ATL (the 220 is meant for 2-5 hour routes, not 1-2 hour routes like the 717)
2) The engines take so long to start and have so many wind limitations they don't want it clogging up the ramp
I think he was more expressing disdain for operating out of ATL in regards to reroutes, delays, etc.
But yes, I do agree with your points above and think that it will be a long time before we see the 220 doing any meaningful amount of flying out of ATL. Its bread and butter is the longer routes, and quite frankly any long route out of ATL where the 220 would be a good plane probably warrants the seating capacity of a 737-800/900 or 320/321.