plus..... and let me say.... that I commute on CRJ-200's to work.... the perception of the people i fly with when commuting is that the -200 hell even the 170's are "puddle jumpers" ( thats the words he used )..... lord knows what they will think if tons of TP's start showing up at the gate. I have nearly 1000 hours flying ATR-42's.... and that was when there were NOTHING but TP's ( well Biz EX had some 146's ) flying at this level.... and the customers were not overly fond of them then. Dont get me wrong.... I like TP's but the general opinion of the flying public is they would prefer not to fly them if they dont have to. Again, I will qualify that with it being my opinion...

If the airlines want them they better start a damn good PR campaign pushing them or it might bite them in the arse.