Originally Posted by
saturn
Just saw the MRJ flying around the other day here in the US...
There's only tens of billions of dollars at stake in all of this. My bet is something happens to allow them. Whether its clever engineering to get the weight down somehow, or pilot groups feeling like management offers them a deal the cannot refuse. Everybody has a price. I feel like managements haven't pushed as hard as they could have yet. A lot can happen in half a decade in this industry.
In the case of the MRJ it needs to happen yesterday. Skywest is supposed to take delivery in 2018. That means they need to get instructors into class in the spring and line pilots into class in the fall.
There is a scope compliant version however it is heavy for 69seats in a two class and not a improvement over current offerings.
With the smallest size geared turbofan available you really need the 90 seater to get the efficiency gains.