AA to add up to 60 CRJ-200s
Aug 22, 2022, 6:56 pm
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Aug 22, 2022, 7:32 pm
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I would prefer an E145 most any day.
Aug 22, 2022, 7:34 pm
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It also has super cramped feeling. I don't know how to describe it.
Aug 22, 2022, 7:43 pm
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I see two reasons, both very difficult to reverse:
Aggressive marketing in the 2000s in small cities made turboprops an embarrassment to fly and jets the cool new thing (we have what the big cities have now!) Remember even American Eagle and Continental Express/ExpressJet painting "Regional Jet" and "ExpressJet" proudly on their E135-45 nacelles? I don't think there was much pride in the CRJ200s though, lol.
The Colgan crash in 2009 stopped a potential comeback of turboprops with the Q400, though not a fault of the Q400.
Aug 22, 2022, 7:48 pm
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I'd rather fly in a Cessna 152 than the CRJ200 piece of #*&!. I can't think of any positives; the CRJ200 fulfills every description about what makes flying unenjoyable. Small overhead bins, cramped seats, no first class seats and old smelly planes to boot. Guess you need to see it for yourself.
Aug 22, 2022, 7:50 pm
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I see two reasons, both very difficult to reverse:
Aggressive marketing in the 2000s in small cities made turboprops an embarrassment to fly and jets the cool new thing (we have what the big cities have now!) Remember even American Eagle and Continental Express/ExpressJet painting "Regional Jet" and "ExpressJet" proudly on their E135-45 nacelles? I don't think there was much pride in the CRJ200s though, lol.
The Colgan crash in 2009 stopped a potential comeback of turboprops with the Q400, though not a fault of the Q400.
Aggressive marketing in the 2000s in small cities made turboprops an embarrassment to fly and jets the cool new thing (we have what the big cities have now!) Remember even American Eagle and Continental Express/ExpressJet painting "Regional Jet" and "ExpressJet" proudly on their E135-45 nacelles? I don't think there was much pride in the CRJ200s though, lol.
The Colgan crash in 2009 stopped a potential comeback of turboprops with the Q400, though not a fault of the Q400.
Aug 22, 2022, 7:53 pm
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In addition to reasons posted above. Overhead bins you can't put a bag into. I have to take half the stuff out of my backpack to fit it in the overhead. Have to gate check everything else.
Aug 22, 2022, 8:02 pm
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Maybe the only use of the fastly apporaching expiring SWUs.
Aug 22, 2022, 10:01 pm
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Flew a Q400 YYZ/YQB which is two hours of RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR that no noise-canceling headset can cancel. 30-45min? OK, fine. Not 120.
Aug 22, 2022, 10:05 pm
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Aug 22, 2022, 10:33 pm
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When I was a little airplane nerd I was super-excited to fly on an Air California L100 Electra from SNA to TVL (Lake Tahoe, no longer a commercial airport) and by the time we landed I had a horrific headache and couldn't wait to get off that shaky vibrating relic. I have no idea how anyone endured trans-Atlantic propeller flights back in the day.
Aug 22, 2022, 10:49 pm
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As much as I hate the CRJ-200, we are missing the worst problem, Air Wisconsin. Having flown UA's CRJ200s multiple times, Air Wisconsin has had the worst service (water only) and not the best of reliability, hopefully AA does something about this though.
Aug 22, 2022, 10:50 pm
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I wouldn't think so, but all t-props in my experience are punishingly noisy inside. Haven't been on an ATR in forever. I don't think there are any left in service in N. America.
When I was a little airplane nerd I was super-excited to fly on an Air California L100 Electra from SNA to TVL (Lake Tahoe, no longer a commercial airport) and by the time we landed I had a horrific headache and couldn't wait to get off that shaky vibrating relic. I have no idea how anyone endured trans-Atlantic propeller flights back in the day.
When I was a little airplane nerd I was super-excited to fly on an Air California L100 Electra from SNA to TVL (Lake Tahoe, no longer a commercial airport) and by the time we landed I had a horrific headache and couldn't wait to get off that shaky vibrating relic. I have no idea how anyone endured trans-Atlantic propeller flights back in the day.
Aug 22, 2022, 11:04 pm
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I think this is the plane they use to call the "Devil's Chariot" over in the UA forum....lol.
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