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Old 02-17-2006, 04:18 AM
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Something to think about is that even the Eclipse has hundreds of firm orders already. I am sure that once deliveries start to take place that could jump to over 1000 if it isn't there already. Most of the other VLJ variants could have the same amount of demand. That all adds up to a formidable amount of planes. I am sure it would be noticed by the airlines.

I can't imagine them not being certified as single pilot. Their payloads are so small that the addition of another pilot would have a huge impact. Besides I don't like crew operations anyway. Especially on these modern fully automated planes, it embarrassing.

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