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B-737 vs. Embraer 190

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The 170/190's are still RJ's, no matter how you slice it.
Boeing makes a superior product. RJ's are all cheaply made, "throw away" aircraft.
 
Hi! The 170s/190s are like the ERJs the same as how the 747 is like the DC-3.

The regionals are transitioning to 70+ seat aircraft as fast as possible.

cliff
NBO
 
many regionals are already flying the 170. Scope prevents them from flying the 190. But nothing prevents the major airlines from flying 190s.

The fact that Regionals are flying E-170's keeps the mainline from getting the 190's.

Airline management has wet dreams every night centered around their RJ feeders flying the E-195's.

APA would take them now at JB rates but AMR doesn't want to pay FA's and rampers mainline rates to work on "an RJ".

It's a line in the sand that won't be erased at AA unless they go to Ch. 11.

TC
 
**WARNING - TIRED OLD CLICHE AHEAD**



When the last E-jet is finally retired to the desert (or jungle?), the ferry crew will dead-head home on a 737. :beer:
 
If I recall the sales pitch we got when the 190 was announced, the 318 is about 25,000lbs heavier. Airport landing fees are based on max gross weight, thus every landing would cost significantly more and would add to the CASM. Add it up across an entire fleet and the costs were just too much. At least, that's what we were told...
At Airtran, we have been given numbers that each 1,000 lbs of aircraft weight increase trip fuel burn by approximately .6%. That means a 25,000 lb heavier aircraft would have a trip fuel burn 10-15% higher (if drag force was similar between fleet types). E-190 has to be way better on a per seat fuel cost basis than the Airbus 318.
 

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