Originally Posted by
jaysona
The 705 also has additional cargo volume, since it is a CRJ-900 with the seating capacity of a CRJ-700 the extra space was used for cargo.
Not sure what exactly you mean, the 705 passenger floor space is identical to the 900, no space was re-purposed for cargo. The extra space is entirely used by allocating 34" of legroom instead of the standard 31". AC probably ordered them instead of -700s hoping that the Jazz scope clause would be expanded and they could shove another 15 seats in - that and the range.