Originally Posted by
ZeroTT
taking away most of the “this is a turboprop” cues will help a design escape notice of the clueless general public
and yeah, size is a big issue, although if cost savings are as advertised it could probably be 550’d at a competitive CASM/RASM delta to outgoing crj200/e145
yep. Plenty of shortened designs out there too; A319, embraer did it in the past with the 145-135.