Originally Posted by
JungleBus
While I get that the general drift of the last few post is that certain Compass pilots are apparently concerned about the size of their talliwhackers and compensate by boasting about the size of their plane, I gotta ask...
Do any of *you* consider the Embraer 175 to be a regional jet? I certainly don't. It belongs at mainline. I don't say that for my own edification, I derive no pleasure from the fact that I'm flying it at a crappy "regional" airline. Just saying that I don't think we should buy into the labels that management has concocted for their own purposes simply to take a few cocky a-holes down a peg or two.
Edit: Reread the posts I was replying to and nobody really said anything about it being an RJ other than in the context of a quote. So don't take my post as a reproof, but more of a general comment on where most Compass guys are coming from on the RJ label.
I don't know what a 'regional' jet is. Still trying to figure that one out. I would bet that half the routes I fly would have been flown on a DC-9 or 737 15 years ago.
The concept is brilliant marketing by airlines and aircraft manufacturers and is now simply accepted and used to keep costs down. Ironic because the 50-seat 'regional' jet probably has the highest CASM of any jet in the skies.
The EMB-170/175 and 190/195 are certainly not RJs. They're just marketed as such but are absolutely mainline size and capable aircraft. The 175s that Republic flies have 86 seats on them! And fly routes which are several hours long. Not bashing Republic. But they're not RJs.