Originally Posted by
pangolin
The WO have scope and lift issues. YV will take seats out of the 900 to get under scope.
Originally Posted by
ReadOnly7
it’s not just a seat issue. It’s also a weight issue. I don’t know the weight of the 900, but it might not work even with seats taken out.
Most major scope is smarter than that. The weight limit is normally for CERTIFIED MTOW, in addition to seat count.
So removing seats and pax might get under the pax count but will not change the certified MTOW. Otherwise you could have mesa fly 777's full of belly cargo.
The 550 is an end-run around scope weight, but it required a new type certificate from the mfg. That could be done for the 900 but it would take time and money. Also I don't think it could fit under 50-seat scope at all... the empty weight would be very close to 50K without any payload on board.