CRJ PAX Comfort, Not!

[Tooslow]

What?

My ERJ is better than your doggy CRJ. I heard CRJ-200s have to climb a couple hundred feed above the assigned altitude and then decend to speed up?????Is that true, Are they the same engines as on the Challenger??????

 

[ATA73Pilot]

Geeze....at the risk of sounding like an old geezer....

You want to complain...try being crammed into a Shorts 330/360 (The Irish Concord) on a 95 degree day with a 29" seat pitch and lot's of thunderboomers to provide a comfortably stable ride at 8000'.....of course....no air conditioning.

People will whine about anything....next it will be that there's not enough room in their Hummer and the roads are too small!

After commuting for a few years on the both the RJ and ERJ....I'll take either one over a Boeing narrowbody. Less people to deal with....and just as much room, if not more so than a 73 seat.

I rode on my old airplane last month...Dash 8....and I found myself pretty critical of the experience from a pax standpoint.

 

[ArcticFlier]

Sounds like you guys have never ridden in a Metro..................


AF

 

[ArcticFlier]

My ERJ is better than your doggy CRJ. I heard CRJ-200s have to climb a couple hundred feed above the assigned altitude and then decend to speed up?????

Um................no.

AF

 

[Mmmmmm Burritos]

I rode in the back of a Beech 1900D the other day. That was friggin awesome. Turboprops rule. Problem was, I was the only one smiling! The CRJ is a lot more comfortable than most people lead you to believe. People WILL complain about anything, especially the middle-aged business man and his trophy wife.

 

[aa73]

Good God. Three hours in an RJ? What were the city pairs?

I talked to an XJET crew the other day. Beat this: IAH-BOI in a 145XR!!! We were doing DFW-SEA that day and it took us 4:10, must have taken them just shy of 4 hrs to get to BOI - in an RJ!

I know Eagle does LGA-XNA (NW Regional, Ark.), that's right around 3hrs... United Express and XJET do IAD-IAH, a little over 3... who comes up with these route pairings in an RJ??

 

[Mmmmmm Burritos]

I talked to an XJET crew the other day. Beat this: IAH-BOI in a 145XR!!! We were doing DFW-SEA that day and it took us 4:10, must have taken them just shy of 4 hrs to get to BOI - in an RJ!

I know Eagle does LGA-XNA (NW Regional, Ark.), that's right around 3hrs... United Express and XJET do IAD-IAH, a little over 3... who comes up with these route pairings in an RJ??

The customers. 3 hours in an RJ sure beats 4 hours in an RJ with a 1 hour break to catch your connection.

 

[CapnVegetto]

AUS-SFO at Mesa. Did that one many times. Also DEN-RDU. Both are close to 4 hours. SUUUUUXXXXX!!

CRJ's are JUNK. I hated them. The 700 and 900 at least has some decent performance, but you can't take off in one without at least one thing going wrong.

 

[aa73]

Holy Gazoli man. That is brutal!

 

[CF34-3B1]

CRJ's are JUNK. I hated them. The 700 and 900 at least has some decent performance, but you can't take off in one without at least one thing going wrong.

Sounds to me like that's a MX issue at your company.

I have 3000+ hrs in CRJs, most serious problem I've ever had was a generator tripping offline about 3yrs ago.

It's an EXTREMELY reliable airplane (when properly maintained)

 

[EagleRJ]

I know Eagle does LGA-XNA (NW Regional, Ark.), that's right around 3hrs... United Express and XJET do IAD-IAH, a little over 3... who comes up with these route pairings in an RJ??

Eagle also does XNA-LAX, DFW-SBA, and DFW-NAS, and soon we're starting ORD-NAS, PNS, JAX, and COS, all with the CR7.

A long time to spend in an RJ? Yes, but the markets are driven by the forecast loads. For a new market, it might not make sense to have a MD-80 on the route right away. Those "long, thin" routes might be profitable only with a sub-100 seat aircraft.

The passengers are clueless about what kind of plane they're on. I was boarding an MD-80 as a passenger a while back, and the woman in front of me sighed and said, "Oh, I didn't realize this flight was an RJ!".
I wish I could have taped it...

 

[jetdriven]

Our last few CRJ-900' are going to be CRJ-950's. More fuel and a higher GTOW.

Rumor is 5 hours plus reserve fuel. Some regional jet.


And the pilot seats arent that comfortable either. My arse hurts after a hour and a half.

I am going to apply for an STC to put 1900 pilot seats in the CRJ.

 

[blingair]

The customers. 3 hours in an RJ sure beats 4 hours in an RJ with a 1 hour break to catch your connection.

Yeh, yer right, customers decided the a/c they ride on.

 

[b82rez]

I am going to apply for an STC to put 1900 pilot seats in the CRJ.

Will you be including the sweaty ass stains as well??

 

[DenverDude2002]

I flew on regional jets 21 times last year, and the 5 times i didnt the 737s I got made me realize how much I really hate RJ's. Heres my take on the different RJs:The ERJ- has the narrow 120 body, large windows, seats are small though, overhead bin room has a lot to be desired, but it has a large lav. CRJ 200- low windows suck, seats are more comfy though, feels like a roomier aircraft. CRJ 700- hated this the most (ASA's in peticular), windows are higher but moved forward 6 inches to, I'd take lower over having to lean over any day, the seats are more uncomfortable that the 200/ERJ, i feel like im even more trapped due to the floor lowering so its taller and narrower, AE's feel better but not by much. CRJ 900- nice, better than the CRJ 700, windows seem larger, I was in 1A and had 1A and B to myself aus-phx so there really wasnt a lot to complain about.