I think you mean INTRACONTINENTAL. The only intercontinental [commercial] flight around 3 hours was on the Concorde.

IAD-MSP in an RJ is ridiculous! I flew CVG-IAH on a CO ERJ and it did kind of suck but the service was good. It made up for part of the fact that it was an ERJ. Cramming people into RJs for longer flights has to be made up somehow, like offering a better service.

I know that I for one will continue avoid RJ flights. The more routes they fly using RJ's, the more I'll go for other airlines. If these flights were considerably cheaper then I could understand, but making the fligths more uncomfortable for the same price is a no-go for me.