Originally Posted by
BoilerUP
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.
Interesting, both of them operated into ASE before, that time with Avro 70's and should have known the issues involved. How easy they forget...