Not DL, but last I've heard, NW has F on CRJs.

I have to assume there is a minimum seat pitch for exit row seats (say maybe 20"). If there was no difference in exit row vs non-exit pitch on CRJ's, that mean all their rows already meet that requirement.

Jeff

It's not the CRJ, it's the Arvo 85 Regional Jet, operated for Northwest Airlink. First, the cabin is a little wider (2x3 in coach and 2x2 in first, compared to 2x2 coach on the CRJ and 2x1 coach on the ERJ). But the real reason has something to do with the fact that if they had more seats, that would have to add an additional flight attendant, so they removed seats by adding FC in order to allow for fewer FAs. I'm sure B747 knows more.

If you want the ultimate CRJ upgrade...remember the CRJ Comair, ASA and Skywest, et. al. use is manufactured by Bombardier. Bombardier also manufactures the Challenger line of business jets. As I understand it, the CRJ is basically a "stretched" Challenger 600 series.

DL should have a CRJ/Challenger config - nice wood, leather and gold accents in the forward cabin and those nice comfy rock hard seats in the back for those not willing to shell out the K+ fare to upgrade...

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Aren't my seats from Ind-Dfw tomorrow actually Biz Elite on the Skywest CRJ? I could have sworn I read that here on FT. If they won't be,I'm sure I'll be disappointed. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

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Bizjet is correct that NW has the Avro RJ-85 configured for F. In fact there are 16 F seats and 53Y for a total of 69 passengers shown on the Seat Map Charts at the NWA website.

According to the FAA, the rule for FA minimum staffing requirements is the following:

125.269 Flight attendants.

(a) Each certificate holder shall provide at least the following flight attendants on each passenger-carrying airplane used:

(1) For airplanes having more than 19 but less than 51 passengers -- one flight attendant.

(2) For airplanes having more than 50 but less than 101 passengers -- two flight attendants.

(3) For airplanes having more than 100 passengers -- two flight attendants plus one additional flight attendant for each unit (or part of a unit) of 50 passengers above 100 passengers.

So it looks like the NW regional carrier might have chosen to install a FC section on the RJ-85's for other reasons.

Can FC seats be installed into CRJs or FRJs. Yes. Does DL or its connection partners want to improve on passenger comfort on these AC, which seem to be flying more and longer routes? No, or not until AA, UA or CO mounts a plan to attract, that is steal, from other carriers, more market share of the business RJ passenger, which seem to be a growing population.

NW has a labor agreement restricting its regionals to fewer than 70 seats per aircraft, I believe. Hence the ARJ first class.

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I spend way too much of my life on CRJ's from Comair, ASA and Skywest. There is definitely more pitch in row 8 (exit row). The key seats to avoid at all costs are in row 13. People practically sit in your lap while trying to get into the head.

20"!? That's dubious!