SHUPirate1 From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 3661 posts, RR: 18 Posted (9 years 2 months 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 1627 times:
I was at RDU this morning, for my flights back to New York (UA RDU-IAD-PHL, US PHL-ISP), and was trying to figure out what would make UAX/Mesa think to fly a regional jet (UA 7125, UA 7100) from Raleigh-Durham to Denver...I understand that they might want to keep RDU as an all-UAX station, but a block time of four hours in an RJ just seems a little ridiculous...please enlighten me...
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Ual747den From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 2225 posts, RR: 13 Reply 2, posted (9 years 2 months 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 1579 times:
I personally don't mind the regional jets. I would rather be on that than a fully booked 737.....
Cedarjet From United Kingdom, joined May 1999, 7703 posts, RR: 55 Reply 3, posted (9 years 2 months 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 1564 times:
Why does it matter how many seats there are on the plane? An RJ gets you there just as fast as a 767, hell of a lot less pushing and shoving during boarding, and at baggage claim. What's the alternative? A 737 service that isn't profitable cos the plane's too big, so the route is cancelled altogether and you have to fly through a hub where your bags might get lost and the journey takes a couple of hours longer and you have to run from gate 1 to gate 227 at MSP or DTW or ORD?
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SHUPirate1 From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 3661 posts, RR: 18 Reply 4, posted (9 years 2 months 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 1515 times:
Apparently the RDU-DEN flight is 2x a day, with it originally starting March 4th, and the second frequency starting tommorrow, both with CRappyJet-700's...fortunately, I don't have to fly on those things...I flew a CRJ today for the first time from IAD to PHL, with ACA, and I'd definitely take an Embraer over that piece of sheet-metal...I think in an E-170, I could probably live with a flight like RDU-DEN, but I can't STAND the CRJ...
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Upsmd11 From United States of America, joined May 2003, 799 posts, RR: 4 Reply 5, posted (9 years 2 months 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 1456 times:
To talk to the point of flying in an ERJ or CRJ vs a larger plane like an A320 or a 737 I would like to say that the larger plane is more comfortable for those of us who are tall. I personally am 6'4" and on a longer flight often like to stretch my legs and walk back to the lavoratory. On an RJ I can't even stand up all of the way.
But to talk to the point of having an RJ when you wouldn't otherwise have service I would say I prefer an RJ over not having a route. If UA were to start service SDF - DEN I would be ecstatic. They are already all RJ to ORD and sometimes IAD (service seems to come and go).
I like flying the US ERJ from SDF - LGA. No need to get up during the flight, I like the 1 side with the nice leather seats and the comfortably placed windows (compared to the older CRJ's).
If there were an RJ service that could make it from JFK - LAX and also a connecting service on large aircraft, say through CLT, PHL, CVG, ORD, etc. I would take the connecting service every time.
The debate here will be endless and it's easy to take one side or the other based on your preference but I hope I have shown that it's also easy to debate on both sides of the argument.
Midway2airtran From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 864 posts, RR: 2 Reply 6, posted (9 years 2 months 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 1347 times:
Speak of Deep vein thrombosis! Man, though the CRJ-700 is a little bit more roomier, its not enough room for me, especially at 6-2 and broad shoulders. I would prefer mainline. I believe that the flights are an attempt at initiating the RDU-DEN market before Frontier drops in. RDU-DEN was a good market for Midway back in the day, I'm sure it will do well for whoever can provide good enough service.
Sprxflyswa From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 597 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (9 years 2 months 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 1278 times:
Why not? I would be a touch long for me,though. My mother in-law just flew them DEN-BNA, and didn't seem to mind.
I'll bet if they didn't use RJs, they wouldn't have DEN-RDU nonstops at all.
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