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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 3:49 pm
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A comparison of an EMB-170 to 777s and MD-11s. Simply delusional.

A 50th percentile male (or even 80th percentile male) can stand in the aisle of a CRJ. In seat width and pitch they are equivalent to mainline aircraft. <Yes, I am aware of the discomfort caused by the vanishly thim armrest and lack of shoulder room.> So we're arguing that the division between 'real' aircraft and regional jets is determined by overhead space, perhaps the ability to accept a 22" roll-aboard? By that definition the early L-1011s were regional jets...
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