bmaviscount
No not really, it's just the fact that there's standard procedures across all fleets. In my experience though passengers are usually equally distributed throughout the cabin on the 175 & 195, & you wouldn't want people all at the front or the back on the ejet. The dash is different in that the bags go at the back & so when most people take there bags onboard with them as you would when you have to pay to put them in the hold then there isn't enough weight down the back, hence everyone ends up sitting at the back. Free hold bags on the dash would pretty much solve the problem, but alas I can't see that ever happening.
Regards,
Han.