Originally Posted by
cparekh
I believe part of the reason that airlines fly smaller metal into LGA is that LGA is so old that in cannot handle any aircraft larger than a 757. I don't know this to be true, but that is what I was once told. I don't recall seeing anything larger than a 757 there, in any case.
Right, but they CAN fly M80s/737s/757s/320s/321s/etc. They're not bound to ERJ-135s. Their argument for the ERJs is that they give flexibility of scheduling. I can vouch for this coming from RDU where until April, we had 1 ERJ every 1 hour practically (11/day) and post-April we have 1 M80 + 7 or 8 (I can't remember) ERJs. Which do I prefer? Actually, the 11/day ERJs b/c much as I hate them, I can always get a flight when I need it.