Originally Posted by Paulo
Apologies for the 'RJ' slur. And I agree that irregular ops happen to everybody. But the fact that at least two of only about 15 E190s in the fleet had delay-causing mechanical issues yesterday indicates that the performance problems have not yet subsided.
Further, unlike the DL and US shuttles, B6 does not have aircraft in reserve to deal with these issues and save passengers from long delays and/or misconnects.
Again, you're comparing E190's to mainline US/DL service. While it has been noted here that 190's aren't considered RJ's... that may be true from B6's perspective, but I can assure you that as far as ATC is concerned, they'll hold an E190 to let a 737 go through.