http://pittsburgh.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2003/10/06/daily10.html

PSA Airlines Inc., a US Airways subsidiary, will begin a transition to regional jets in December as new aircraft arrive from Bombardier Aerospace.

Are these the two-class regional jets?

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Epsilon359:
Are these the two-class regional jets?</font>

No. ("...arrive from Bombardier Aerospace." The 2-class aicraft are from Embraer...)

Brand new regional jets! Woo-hoo! Yet another reason for me to fly through PIT as opposed to PHL when traveling to my favorite airport (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton - 2 minutes from exiting the plane to getting on the road - 5 minutes if you have checked bags).

I wonder if this means we can eventually bid a fond farewell to the Dornier turboprops? The article was pretty vague about the timeline for the CRJ-200's "replacing" the Dornier's.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by SS255:
Brand new regional jets! Woo-hoo! Yet another reason for me to fly through PIT as opposed to PHL when traveling to my favorite airport (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton - 2 minutes from exiting the plane to getting on the road - 5 minutes if you have checked bags).

I wonder if this means we can eventually bid a fond farewell to the Dornier turboprops? The article was pretty vague about the timeline for the CRJ-200's "replacing" the Dornier's.</font>

According to the union the 328s will be around until atleast 2005. But that could change. The jets were supossed to go into revenue service in Nov, but the training dept is running a month or so behind schedule. There are only 2 FA trainers and in addition to having to do recurrent and jet training, they have new hire classes as well at a rate of one class per every 3 wks. They are stretched pretty thin. I would assume the same is true for the pilot group as well.

I like the 328 and hate to see it go. At 5'10, I have enough head space and don't feel claustrophobic. Not true on the CRJ. Not sure how long I will be able to work on the CRJ. I used to work for CHQ and at the end of 14 hr day, I was ready to run off the plane screaming due to the size of the a/c.

The company is very excited about receiving the CRJ. It's a great growth opportunity for the company.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by USExpressFA:
I like the 328 and hate to see it go. At 5'10, I have enough head space and don't feel claustrophobic. Not true on the CRJ. Not sure how long I will be able to work on the CRJ. I used to work for CHQ and at the end of 14 hr day, I was ready to run off the plane screaming due to the size of the a/c.</font>

Amen to that. As far as I'm concerned, the 328 is the most comfortable non-mainline aircraft in the US system. I find it (and it's overheads) far roomier than either the CRJ or ERJ, and the exit row on the single side has a mile of legroom.

Shame the 328jet was never sold in any real numbers.

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