Originally Posted by Paulo
...And cut with the "Rolls Royce at a WalMart price" garbage. Spend a few days in the back of AA's new LRTC product (or worse, ERJ) and then a few in B6, and then try to tell me AA's product is better. AA's problem is the "WalMart at a Rools Royce price" mentality. Where's the loyalty? I'm as loyal to them as they are to me.
I (mostly) agree. Take a look at
this posting. It pretty much says it all.
I say I
mostly agree because I think the ERJs get a bad rap. When they are used on the short flights, they may not be the most compfortable, but they're better than a Saab, so buck up or take the bus. I can't believe UA uses a 737 GRR-ORD, but look where THEY are finacially. And people actually UPGRADE for the
137 mile trip.
As for ERJs on longer routes, i.e. DFW-GRR, if we didn't have the ERJs THERE, we would be connecting though ORD (oh joy!
) and taking a Saab across the lake. And sometimes it's a frequency thing. You can have 2-3 S80 flights a day DFW-LIT or you can have 11 RJ flights. You can't have both.
fredmartens was right about one thing, AA is still
trying to be a for profit corporation.