Originally Posted by TWA Fan 1

Regardless of what one may think of NW's inflight services (I have always found them to perfectly fine) the fact that NW has FC on its ERJ-190 & CRJ-900 is that those are larger planes that can more easily accommodate FC, while CO is limited to the smaller RJ's by its scope clause. Having an FC section on a 50-seat ERJ-135 or 145 with one f/a would be somewhat difficult to accommodate.

Also, adding one or two rows of FC would reduce the total capacity on these planes, something CO senior management does not believe is in the best interest of the company.

The result, of course, is that approximately 50% of CO's daily flights are operated by the regional carriers on a/c that do not have FC. If you are a CO frequent flyer based in CLE, for example, you have very few mainline departures.