GotCalcio4

The plus side of the former Air One planes is exceptional leg room in the first few rows of the plane, especially in seats 1A and B.

WiscAZ

FYI I was able to fit my 19" roller board. Granted the flight was changed to an AA plane without F (bummer)!

blueheronNC

This is bogus. Flying PHX-AUS on Mesa, and the CRJ-900 has been downgraded to one without F class. I'd been upgraded to F and everything, but upon OLCI today, the seat map just has single-cabin and BP says "Main Cabin" on it.

BMWMOT

Same thing happened to us labor day weekend from PHX-RNO. Rushed to the gate in PHX after having arrived from BOS, asked for a 'blue' gate check tag only to be told there was a change of aircraft with no F. Dang. GA said there was a lot of that going on lately.
I did think it was strange when I too saw our BP say Main Cabin. Reality hit when I saw the American plane parked at the gate.
I will say though, the plane was new and comfortable. There was probably more leg room than a US F cabin. I don't know if we had MCE or if all rows were like that.

On the luggage, I assumed our 20" rollers would not fit. I did see some people take rollers on board that apparently did fit. I may try to fit it in on next time.

mahasamatman

We're flying Business Class on this plane next year (YVR-LAX), and are wondering if we should take 1CD or 3CD?

(There is an existing thread in the pre-merger forum, but this is a post-merger question, so I started a new thread.)

UAPremierGuy

Do you like Bulkheads? If so, then 1CD is the obvious choice. That said, there is not an extra amount of room like there is on the pmAA MD-80's. I sat in 3D just the other week and the legroom was standard.

mahasamatman

Generally, yes. Though I have also seen bulkheads that restricted space and felt claustrophobic. If 1CD still has standard space, I'll take it - I do like not having someone recline into me.

aztimm

Will the seat layout change between now and your flight?

We have a rather healthy thread on this aircraft in the US forum here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/us-ai...crj-900-a.html

As of right now, there are some aircraft that do not have F at all. This is discussed in the linked thread above.

2Tall4Y

Was in 3C/D last night and it was fine, although I would have preferred 1 for the extra legroom. No PDB, but they were trying to turn the plane quickly as it was late from CLT. Nice FA's and service.

sdsearch

And that's the other difference to understand about the shift from MD80 to Mesa CR9 in some markets. The CR9s are flying earlier in the day to completely different places, on a completely different schedule, than the MD80s used to fly, and in my limited experience so far they tend to be much more likely to be significantly late later in the day compared to the MD80s that flew some of those routes a year or two ago.

Also, funny thing: I flew a Mesa CR9 DFW-HSV and then a week later HSV-DFW. The one DFW-HSV had a US Airways logo on the FC bulkhead, while the HSV-DFW the next week didn't (it had no logo on the bulkhead at all). But the FA making announcements on the DFW-HSV the first week said we were flying American Eagle, while the FA making announcements on the HSV-DFW the next week said were flying US Airways Express.

(The late afternoon DFW-HSV is the same plane that returns early evening HSV-DFW, however they do crew switchouts at the turn.)

mahasamatman

You merged it into the wrong thread. The flight I'm taking is AA, not US. The flight is very specifically sold as Operated by Mesa Airlines As American Eagle. No mention of US Airways Express. Therefore, if it belongs anywhere, it must be the CR900 thread in the AA forum.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...-seat-cr9.html

ElmhurstNick

The CR9s were one of the pleasant surprises for me this year. I did about fifteen segments on them from really short hops like PHX-TUS to longer stuff like PHX-DSM. All but one of them were in F, even as an AA elite. While I still prefer the 170/175 series, I'm content booking a CR9 going forward.

william142

Anyone know when (if) the 900's are getting wifi?

ellinj

The new ones delivered to PSA have it. Not aware of any retrofits happening though.

airplanegod

Does this thread pertain to just Mesa's CRJ-900's or also PSA's?