"About 12 more seats and about 30% less fuel burn for starters"
ok 12 less seats - is that significant on the route you are talking about, but 30% less fuel burn? I thought they both used around a tonne an hour or am I mistook - both carry about the same amount of baggage - Embraer is a bit quicker and passengers rightly or wrongly like a jet.
Seems a good deal to me
If that was for starters what's for pudding?