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 ===== -------------------------------------------------- PHLAIRLINE.COM is: Wings Over Philadelphia http://phlairline.com "It's Not Just A Philadelphia Site" -------------------------------------------------- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/