This is pretty ironic. I'm a bus skipper and a former CRJ skipper. The bus is much easier to fly with the auto thrust, normal law and such. It does take a bit to learn the laws and the backwards MCDU, but actually flying it is cake compared to the CRJ.
My FO on a recent trip "escaped" from EK, saying it was not a good place to be, especially in the 330, doing night turns to India without end. He is happy to be back in the USA.
He was a former ERJ skipper. Flew the bus quite well.