Airpiraterob
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im my opinion (not that it matters), a regional jet is a jet that goes where you want it to go but with comprimises all the time in passenger weight or cargo weight or fuel weight. a real jet is one that takes everything you want it to take and is never outsized or overloaded and capable of performing in all thats required ....no comprimises.
so ive been speaking to gate agents and some of the people who handle operations of these new 170s and i'm hoping someone can straighten some things out as truth or just minor occasional annoyances.
THEORY, the 170: load it up with max passengers, all the fuel you need, and the weights all come out fine. your carry-on roller bag actually fits in the overhead just fine now, but the bags underneath wont fit. the CUBIC VOLUME size of the cargo hold is too small. you'd think thered be some homework going on down in brazil. i mean other countries dont travel with their things in plastic bags slung over their backs...did they forget this? (bad humor attempt)...does it do this? is this a problem with this plane now? if so this = comprimise = regional jet
FACT, the 145: take the 145RJ and fill it up with 50 people, add weather at your destination, and the route youre on now requires you to dump people in order to make takeoff weight. (or landing weight + burnoff)....this is comprimise, this = regional jet
ive been on a 737 and shorty DC-9 and shorty 727 and ive never heard an announcement asking for volunteers to catch the next flight cause theyre overloaded. it only happens with the currently classified regional-type planes.
so ive been speaking to gate agents and some of the people who handle operations of these new 170s and i'm hoping someone can straighten some things out as truth or just minor occasional annoyances.
THEORY, the 170: load it up with max passengers, all the fuel you need, and the weights all come out fine. your carry-on roller bag actually fits in the overhead just fine now, but the bags underneath wont fit. the CUBIC VOLUME size of the cargo hold is too small. you'd think thered be some homework going on down in brazil. i mean other countries dont travel with their things in plastic bags slung over their backs...did they forget this? (bad humor attempt)...does it do this? is this a problem with this plane now? if so this = comprimise = regional jet
FACT, the 145: take the 145RJ and fill it up with 50 people, add weather at your destination, and the route youre on now requires you to dump people in order to make takeoff weight. (or landing weight + burnoff)....this is comprimise, this = regional jet
ive been on a 737 and shorty DC-9 and shorty 727 and ive never heard an announcement asking for volunteers to catch the next flight cause theyre overloaded. it only happens with the currently classified regional-type planes.
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