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Old Apr 14, 2005 | 8:46 pm
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Originally Posted by Bagels
-- NW’s CRJ have predominately replaced turboprops & opened up new routes. There are VERY FEW examples in which the CRJ have replaced mainline aircraft, and virtually all of those flights were lightly traveled.
Of course the one example would be my regular route BOS-MEM that was changed from a A320 to a CRJ......

However, there's no airplane I'd rather fly out of BOS in a driving blizzard than a DC9 (seriously). CRJs get cancelled, and 757s rock like a sailboat in the wind. The only downfall of the DC9 is the weight restrictions and smaller F seats.
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