Originally Posted by
Straight talker
The 145, 170, 190 are commuter planes flown by commuter crews. If you want to avoid that, fly Airtran or Southwest. They have big airplanes flown by crews that are over 25 years old. Stop complaining, bring your business to another carrier that doesn't pretend to be Midwest. You have a choice Milwaukee, Midwest is gone...
As others have pointed out, the E170 and E190 are definately not commuter planes. Here in the States, both U.S. Airways and JetBlue operate the E190 as mainline aircraft. Up north, Air Canada's mainline fleet includes the E170. You know full well that if it weren't for scope clause restrictions, a lot more carriers would have the E170/E175 as part of their mainline fleet.