Re: NEWS: US Airways Express places the Embraer 170 into service

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Photo of the PHL arrival:

http://phlairline.crosswinds.net/113/US_E170_N802MD.jpg


--- Spagiola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> US Airways Express placed the Embraer 170 into
> service yesterday.
>
> The first flight was US1618, from Pittsburgh to
> Albany, operated by N801MA
> (012). Later flights went from Pittsburgh to
> Nashville, Syracuse, Boston, and
> Newark, operated by N803MD (015) subbing for N804MD
> (016) which went tech at the
> last minute. Separately, N802MD (013) operated from
> Kansas City to Philadelphia
> and Syracuse.
>
> I was on N803MD on US1624 from PIT to SYR and then
> on US1625 from SYR to PHL,
> and can report that comfort levels are superb. The
> widest economy seats on any
> airliner, no middle seats, and good legroom. Just
> fantastic.
>
> We had a minor tech delay at SYR, and the rest of
> the pax re-scheduled onto a
> mainline flight. It turned out to be a spurious
> indicator light, but it took
> some time to fix as US didn't have trained
> technicians at SYR and they had to
> consult by phone with technicians back at PIT as
> they ran the diagnostics.
> Anyway, when we left I was the only passenger on
> board: My own airplane!
>
> Best regards,
> Stefano


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