Originally Posted by
CLazarus
In Upfront News, there is also an interesting video with BZ discussing "What aircraft are we looking at?" where he pretty much shoots down the E-190. I hear the C-Series is nice and I imagine Bombardier is offering some pretty good deals. That said, I think the shift of some widebodies to domestic flying and the acquisition of used Airbii suggests the company is not going to get a NSNB anytime soon.
Of the 3 NSNB choices - CS100, E190, E195 - the E190 is the one that I'd definitely like to see the company bring to mainline due to it being the smallest choice. Why wouldn't the company buy it?
If the E190's ruled out and it looks like the CS100 won't get built, the only choice for mainline would be the E195.
Having NSNBs flying for mainline would help stop scope creep; my hope is that any NSNB aircraft will be less than 100 seats to keep that gauge from being outsourced in the future.