Originally Posted by
cptmurf
Well, I was told during my initial training in Woodford, England by the manager of the Avro program, that the Avros were a stop-gap airplane. Comair had the -200 orders locked up and Express had the EMBs locked up. NWA wanted a regional jet and Avro had an idle plant. They got them at a steal, and due the scope restriction, NWA got a regional jet with first class. The rest is a bad case of SJS, both by the companies, and unfortunately the eager young pilots too.
I'll give a nod to that.
The -900 could be a scope stopgap if majors let the ropes fall on scope. What we see in current day is only a step in the marathon that is this industry. We need to react for the current, plot for the future, plan for what currently is unrealistic, and learn from the past.