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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 11:42 pm
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It is a very nice ride! 2A is probably the best seat, but all FC seats on this equipment are fine. The first row does have a bulkhead in front of it, but it is not bad. The flight is staffed with two FA's which results in fairly good service due to the 2 FA to 69 passengers.

No Video or audio, nor empower on these planes, but they are a HUGE improvement over the Bombardier CRJ 40/50/70 seater. Coach seats are just fine. Shuttle America flying for DL does NOT provide meal service in FC. In chatting with the FA, he said that when they fly that equipment for UA, meal service is provided in FC.

DL has been using this equipment to fly Cmh - Slc which is around a 3+ hour flight. Pleasant, but a meal would be nice.

Overhead bins do fit a full size roll aboard, and headroom for me (6'4") is good, except in the lavatory.

Once you've flown this aircraft, you will quickly understand why Bombardier has announced plans to lay off 1300+ staff due to the downturn in sales of the CRJ 40/50/70 product. It just can't compete.

I will give the CRJ 90 a try, but I've always thought the Embraer product to be more flier friendly.
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