Originally Posted by
why fly
Here's some info from the Company's internal news written by Montie Brewer:
"We had some reliability issues with the Embraer 190, which affected the 190 performance and also took manpower away from other aircraft thus impacting the performance in the rest of the fleet. Some of the solutions that are being implemented to address this problem include a modification program for the 190s underway in Calgary and Nashville, and keeping a spare Embraer aircraft to help us maintain schedule integrity. Embraer has a number of people in Calgary to assist us with the mod program – the first phase of which will be complete by the end of March and this should have a positive impact on our reliability."
A large part of the plane's troubles have been tracable to the very cold weather we have been having. With temperatures starting to creep up, the problems have been diminishing. I wouldn't hestiate to book one myself. Basically, I like to do the opposite of Why Fly says. Usually works out much better.