Excellant photos Kev, the Flybe Dash looks fantastsic as it goes overhead!!!

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Excellant pics Ren, how come you didn’t get to go to SYD with Mrs Ren too? Hope she had good flights with SIA, I flew with them last year and they were excellant……I remember the old ad they used to have….Singapore girl, that’s showing my age!!!!!

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Excellant photos, the duo CRJ’s look brilliant!

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The cabin looks awful, very cheap but then that’s FR!!!!! Having said that it does look like a good way to get the pax to read the safety instructions. You will always get the w*****s though who think they know it all!

Some people do take the safety cards (along with a lot of other things too!) but on BA aircraft the cabin is checked during the aircraft turnaround and the contents of the seat pockets replaced if needed.

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Quite retro but not sure if I like it, it’s a bit bold and in your face!!!!

My thoughts are with them all, RIP.

I think the main problem BA pax have with RJ’s, mainly the EMB 145 is the amount of personal space and space for carry-on baggage. The cabin has a 1-2 layout and overhead baggage bins on the right hand side only. The bins are also very small and cannot accept larger items, even some brief cases. BA operate a “valet baggage” system (other airlines probably do similar)whereby pax cabin baggage is taken from them at boarding and returned to them as they leave the aircraft. During the flight it is stowed in the rear hold along with all checked in baggage. It generally works well. The EMB 145 and CRJ 200 have one hold at the rear of the aircraft and the CRJ700 has two, one at the rear and one in the middle, mainly for cabin baggae. The duo CRJ 200 and 700 also have a wardrobe for pax coats, there is no room for this on the EMB 145 (without removing seats of course).

Also, BA pax flying from BHX and MAN had got used to the Airbus 319, however, they were moved to LHR and replaced by a fleet of ex Cityflyer 146’s and Brymon/BRAL EMB 145’s, plus the odd J41 and ATP!!!

From a cabin crew point of view the CRJ200 and EMB 145 are awful!!!!! They are a nightmare to work on. When they are full the crew are constantly bumping into pax as they lean out into the aisle reading newspapers. I am also told that some BA regular pax hate them and will often change flights to avoid them. I know this as a good friend works on them from BHX and MAN plus I position on them regularly and often feel very sorry for the crew!!!

I also agree that RJ’s are great as a feeder aircaft, plus using them on thinner routes where the pax numbers don’t warrant larger equipment.

The boarding issue, walking across the tarmac is great, seeing other aircraft parked around and all that but when it’s p*****g down the pax get wet and the cabin smells damp and like stale farts!!!! That’s not the aircraft’s fault though LOL!!!

Having said all of that, I think they are great to look at and look smart when they are all lined up together on stand.

All the best.

Purser