I fly them both all the time, and I've never been comfortable on a CRJ. Even when I don't crane my neck to see something out the window, I can find no position in the seats that offers any comfort. Flying mostly
UX, I find the cloth seats to actually be more comfortable than the leather, though calling either of them comfortable at all is quite misleading. I've never been uncomfortable on a ERJ, on the other hand. The overheads on either plane aren't big enough for any real carry-on bag, and my laptop fits under the seat on either plane, so I'm really not worried about the lack of overheads. It's nice to sit on the 1-side and have both a window and an aisle. Neither plane is remarkably quiet on the inside, although since both have tail-mounted engines, sitting forward provides the quiet
est ride. Either of them is better than flying for hours on a Dash-8 100, which would probably be the alternative (USAir Express...it's either that, or put up with the most boneheaded and rude airline workers in the world at
PHL).