Originally Posted by gloopy

Its still very much a risk. UA passed on them recently because BA/AB came hard to the paint and looked the other way while they shoplifted some 73s and 320s. Its hard for smaller companies to compete with mega companies and their devastating loss leaders. Canadair had to make a VERY lucrative deal, which is great because everyone loves a deal, but let's not fool ourselves. Its still unproven (Swiss and Baltic aren't close to enough) and we could end up with some orphaned hyper electronic Fokkers not far down the road.

Or it could do everything it promised and they stick around. If that's the case, everyone else will order it as well, so any advantage is minor and temporary. There is no magic airplane. Anyone remember when JB was going to dominate the industry by launching the mighty E190?