Originally Posted by ArcticOtter

You are exactly right. The plane is great but the company is dysfunctional and on the verge of bankruptcy. The recent $3.2 billion right down virtually guarantees the program will never turn a profit and each plane will cost the company more to make than it sells for until 2020. And that's at full list price. They lost $5 billion last year and recently took a $1.2 billion bailout from the Quebec government as well as now saying they need another billion dollar bailout. Bombardier can't afford to discount big, the only way a good deal could be made is by having the Canadian tax payer make up the difference which is unlikely.