Originally Posted by themicah
No-brainer from the pax perspective, sure. But from the airline's perspective, they have several other considerations:
- reliability (I've heard rumors that the EMBs break a lot)
- cost to operate (the CRJs are slightly more fuel-efficient on a per-passenger basis)
- commonality (NW already owns a boatload of CRJ-200s, so they'd presumably need to do less pilot/mechanic training for the CRJ-900s than the EMB series).
But let's hope that those three factors aren't very good, so they can choose the pax-friendly choice.
NW does NOT have CRJs. Mesaba does. BIG difference. I saw these out at MSP yesterday, (the CRJ was still there this morning) and they looked nice. Both 76 seats and First equipped.