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Still looks like a POS RJ with narrow tiny seats, even if there's more of them crammed in the tube.
I think the 170/175 is more comfortable than any mainline airplane I have ever flown on. It seems like the seats are wider. I think the cabin is plenty wide for 2+2 but not quite wide enough for 3+2, hence the nice wide seats.Agreed.. who cares where the engines are mounted.. at least when the boys in Brazil built the 170/190, they didn't stick with the 2+1 seating in a stretched tube. The 'double bubble' 170/190 cabin concept is not too uncomfortable on short routes.
Although the CRJ has the advantage of a common type rating, how much further can they stretch the fuselage without a redesign?
I think the 170/175 is more comfortable than any mainline airplane I have ever flown on. It seems like the seats are wider. I think the cabin is plenty wide for 2+2 but not quite wide enough for 3+2, hence the nice wide seats.
No need to be a smart ass about it. Im sure that if you measure the width of the seats, they are wider than mainline coach seats. Riding in a DC-9 (3+2) is much more uncomfortable than a 170/175 (2+2), even though it is a bigger plane. THAT is what I meant with the reference to 2+2 vs 3+2. I can see how my previous post is a little misleading though...
I am sure you are right, they probably designed the thing without really looking at the size of the seats first, and had planned on going with a 3+2 configuration, then after they had the whole thing made and started putting the seats in they realized that 3+2 would not work so they just said the heck with it and put really wide 2+2 seats.
Although the CRJ has the advantage of a common type rating, how much further can they stretch the fuselage without a redesign?