Originally Posted by
Herb687
If the Scope Clause agrees, that could be a strike against it.
The scope clause limits regional aircraft to 76 seats, except I think US allowed some 80 seat RJs that carry over to AA. Definitely nothing larger than that on AA or any of the other three US airlines with regional affiliates, so the E190 and A220 are without question mainline aircraft no matter how they’re configured unless some airline decides to burn hundred dollar bills as fuel and use an all-J configuration or something.