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Originally Posted by higney85 (Post 184050)

I heard there is a 400 seat CRJ-4000 coming on line... It has B777 engines... and the starting pay may hit $30 hour... that will trump any ERJ!

I'd be willing to fly an A380 for $19/hr. to get widebody oceanic crossing experience. Then I could apply to UPS.

....wait for it......

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Originally Posted by ExperimentalAB (Post 184110)

LOUD is not the word for it...Try ORD-MKE at 10K and 320KIAS...Even w/David Clark's it's deafening. Up at altitude it isn't terrible, but you still need a damn good headset!

And with that, the ERJ flies like a real airplane, as opposed to the -200 of course ;-)

The ERJ feels like a wet rag in my hand, especially at low airspeeds.

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Originally Posted by tyrael37 (Post 184136)

When it comes to the 700 vs the the 170, I heard that the 170 takes the cake and of course the 190 tosses the 900 to the curb. But I haven't been on either of the EMBs so I can't personally speak from experience. The 170s and the 190s do look like baby 73s though. Kind of neat really that EMB took another step into making a "new" aircraft rather than the Canadian route in to just taking it to a limousine chop shop to add a few more seats.

The 190 in my opinion is no Regional JET how can you call it a regional jet when it does JFK to Bermuda often i dont want to fly anything over 50 seats for less than main line pay....

Sabb back me up buddy

The ERJ lands like a real plane unlike the flying torpedo....but like I said the seat is more comfortable so the CRJ wins!

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Originally Posted by FlyerJosh (Post 184116)

Barbie Jet vs. Whistling ******can of Death.

I'll take the Barbie Jet for $200 Alex. :p

Odd considering the safety record of the two planes. Maybe it should be the other way around.

I was wondering if I could put some pretty tassles and a bell on my bike handles when I get on line? :p

In the end, who the hell cares? PAY ME!

hehe... Whistling $hitcan of Death... I like that name. I wonder if I can find it on a sticker somewhere to put on my flight kit! :D

I would love to hear from folks who fly all three versions (or the sub-versions of the -900, the -705) of the CRJ.

I fly the -200 and have about 2700 hours in it. I still don't like it very much. But I am slowly getting used to it.

I wish I flew the -700. Seems like that has fixed all the problems of the -200.

- larger wing
- slats
- FADEC
- simplification of systems
- enough power

The -900 would also have all these things, but is much to big to be flown by a 'regional' contract carrier. But that's a whole 'nuther ball o' wax.

Anyway, let's hear about the real world differences and improvements in the -700 and -900 over the -100/-200.

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Originally Posted by saab2000 (Post 184498)

I wish I flew the -700. Seems like that has fixed all the problems of the -200.

I talked to some of the mechanics in CVG, With the exception of the flaps they love the 100/200 but hate the 700. I quote, "with the 200 if it's broke, you know it's broke. With the 700 you never know. It could be a computer glitch or not. You can try resetting it, if that doesn't work then run a diagnostic, if that doesn't show anything then you have to open it up. But at least they fixed the damn flaps."
It's the other way around with the pilots. FADEC is nice! :D

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Originally Posted by saab2000 (Post 184498)

I would love to hear from folks who fly all three versions (or the sub-versions of the -900, the -705) of the CRJ.

I fly the -200 and have about 2700 hours in it. I still don't like it very much. But I am slowly getting used to it.

Anyway, let's hear about the real world differences and improvements in the -700 and -900 over the -100/-200.

The things I like about the -700/900 are:

1) FADEC and the associated climb/toga/max detents. It's nice to not have to manually set the power percentage.

2) Decent climb rates all the way up to cruise. No more having to think when asked if you can make FL3XX in X minutes.

3) No more babysitting the ECS. Just set 27-28 degrees in the back and forget about it. Nice!

4) Associated with #3 is the fact that the cabin air now blows from above your head instead of at your feet. Girls in sandals can now fly comfortably!

5) Less legs per day, mainly because the -700/900 is put on longer segments.

If you like "real airliner" landings the the -700/900 is your bird because it has the slats. Personally, I'm still getting used to it. I flew the Saab and then the -200 so I'm very comfortable with the "lawn dart" sight picture.