Originally Posted by
DarkSideMoon
1. This has been said multiple times before and here we are.
2. Embraer is already talking about a clean sheet 50 seat turboprop or possibly shrinking the 170.
Assuming the 50 seaters are dead is short sighted. They will, like the bedbugs they are, lie dormant until the economics get better or a more economical one is built. It’s not for me to suggest you all vote one way or the other but I’d be careful basing your vote on the death of the 50 seat airplane if an opportunity presents itself to shrink the total number of express frames.
Okay, but now you need to actually think critically about what you're saying and fully develop that thought...
Under the current scope clause:
If Embraer actually builds a 50 seat turbo prop or 50 seat 175, it would be better to have more of those than more 76 aircraft that have more weight/range.
Here's why:
1. A 50 seat 175 would still have to meet the weight requirement of the scope clause just like the CRJ 550, which would significantly limit its range.
2. A 50 seat turboprop isn't going to have the range for
DEN-CHS, DEN-SYR, DEN-DTW, DEN-RIC, DEN-ATL. Nor would anyone book a flight on one when the competition is running A320s and A319s.