The tech problems that plagued the 190 are by and large a thing of the past. Tech Ops works hand in hand with Embraer to keep them as reliable as possible, though nothing's perfect. The 190 is a fantastic piece of equipment, and I've found that a lot of the fuss comes from folks who have never worked with a brand new type of aicraft. It's good to be the launch customer, but it does take a while to get all the kinks hammered out.

Overall, 190 reliability has increased by several orders of magnitude from where we were a year ago. Most of the problems being faced now are isolated incidents that aren't making significant impact to the operation as a whole. They may be a bit cranky on cold Northeast winter mornings, but hey, so is a good Volvo. Hopefully, we'll see even more improvement with reliability as they head west to some warmer weather.