American Airlines AA4462 Embraer ERJ-140 : Montreal to New York JFK
The small regional jets that are so popular in North America never really became popular in Australia, so when I had the need to fly from Montreal to New York I jumped at the chance of sampling the Embraer ERJ-140 of American Airlines. I have flown on the Canadair CRJ's but never the little Embraer's and the ERJ140 model is quite rare and in fact AA are the only airline using them. They seat 44 passengers in a 1x2 seating arrangement. So it came time for me to fly on the Embraer and I had pre selected the exit row on the left side, a single seat on its own. I arrived at Montreal airport where it was snowing on and off and very very cold! Being Australian, flying in snowy environments is quite a rarity for me so it was pretty exciting. A new type, a new route to fly, plus I was heading to New York and I love New York.... who doesn't? I have elite status in oneworld so my baggage was priority tagged and I had priority AAccess for security although the ...