RJ Question

Trickkles · Post by **Trickkles** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 6:19 am

Heard that the window seating problem - seat too high, window too low has been fixed. Is that true?

Is this in later versions of the RJ or overall?

twinpratts · Post by **twinpratts** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:07 pm

Yeah... they only sell tickets to short passengers

minni-me · Post by **minni-me** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 10:34 am

The 50 seat version does indeed have a low window height. They fixed this on the 700 and 900 series by raising the windows, and lowering the floor.

YWGVOR · Post by **YWGVOR** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 5:59 pm

Yeah being 6'1 and having long legs my trip from YWG to YYC was probably the most uncomfortable flight besides Aloha from OGG to HNL.

EI-EIO · Post by **EI-EIO** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:48 pm

How come they never came up with a CRJ500 (700/900 cabin)?

Elliot Moose · Post by **Elliot Moose** » Mon May 09, 2005 5:08 pm

Two reasons. By the time they had made all the improvements with the 700 series (and the 900), the demand for the 50 seater was already starting to fall off, and thus they likely wouldn't build enough to pay for the recertification costs. The other reason is that if they start messing about with the type like that, the only sensible thing to do would be to add the other 700 type mods to it, like the slats, FADEC, upgraded computers, etc. and that would mean that existing airlines like COMAIR wouldn't be much interested in further mixing the fleet even if it is a common type rating--yes they asked the customers on that one. Comair fought the standard inclusion of a GPS receiver on their 200's to the last minute when it became standard equipment as part of the EGPWS system because it might in some way mess with their pilot's minds or even worse, jack the price of a 20 million dollar aircraft by $5000.

EI-EIO · Post by **EI-EIO** » Tue May 10, 2005 7:37 pm

thankee Mr Moose