I'll take the E-Jet any day over an Airbus/737 in terms of comfort. But I'm biased. But you are right. The biggest passenger headache is overhead bin space. Besides that it's a stellar machine, both as pax or as crew.
Now, following the situation in Bahrain closely. I am worried. Will GF still be here in, say, 6 months with all the violence going on????? Or wil they start laying people off?