Dear secs, I dont know where you get your ill informed information from, ask any Maersk pilot about the reliability of the CRJ, they have one grounded most of the time, they are pulling off routes because of the unreliability as additional fuel has to be carried because of Canadian design faults, hence cant carry the pax as well as the fuel.
Also, look at BAs figures for long haul v Europe, that will tell you where the money is.