Originally Posted by
Griever
Once the Boeing acquisition is complete of Embraer's commercial division, the announcement will be a firm order of 60 E2 aircraft, 60 options at a significant discount. This will be to lift the sagging order book for the E2, replace the Airbus aircraft, and Benbrad can claim they're still sticking with "Proudly All Boeing."
The rumor is they'll announce QX will fly them, but they real strategy is to just SAY that so we fight hard for scope during contract talks, expending negotiating capital while ignoring other items. Then, once we have scope they'll go mainline.
They'll just poach QX's manual for the majority of the AOM. All they need to do is walk across the street now and open a filing cabinet. Psh, they can even get parts synergy since the QX E-175s have high commonality with the E2.
I thought the Brazilian government was putting the kibosh on Boeing’s planned takeover. Granted, I haven’t heard much about the deal in a while but thought it was all but dead. Not to mention, having Embraer’s on Property flies in the face of their single fleet mantra. Don’t get me wrong, if we added them to the fleet for main line pilots to fly, that’d be great but not at the expense of the Airbus. I wouldn’t put it past Bend n Brand though.