Originally Posted by
EWR764
CRJ-550 will be a CRJ-700 with gross weight reduced (on paper) to 65k in order to comply with UAL scope, and reduced seating capacity, not a new airplane, or even new to the UAX fleet.
Well, it's a new aircraft model with a new certificate type, so not really sure how you make any of these claims simply because it's based on a CR7.