Originally Posted by Yabadaba
Then 7-8 months later they do it for 4 planes because they learned they couldn't do Aspen in an Ejet... that's funny.
I know for a fact that some in Republic Airlines management told senior RJET management the E-Jets were *not* the airplane for ASE because of performance...but Bedford/Heller decided to go that route anyway.
Until they learned first-hand (ie. $$$) that E-Jets were not the airplane for ASE because of performance.