Reddog25:

...or just figure out what 6% is different and re-Certify it, or maybe the FAA would let them re-Certify it at the lower weights like they did the E175.

The FAA's position on this is that certification at the lower weights is a "marketing" tool that has nothing to do with airworthiness. The operator and manufacturer can get together and set any limitation, as long as that limitation is less than what the FAA Certified the jet for.

Apparently mainline has been doing this for years to avoid paying higher landing fees on larger airplanes. So I guess it should not surprise us that an operator that runs four Operating Certificates to avoid scope limits uses Aircraft Certification legerdemain to avoid scope limits too.

If anyone needs to know where this ends, here you go.
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