Meanwhile, as we squabble...

Introducing some Bombaer/Boebus competition...

Comac Begins Building C919 Structure | AVIATION WEEK

Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China

Their flight schools are slowly maturing as well. So as we U.S. airline pilots childishly squabble over which airline/airplane/contract is the best/worst, the Chinese/Indians are slowly making your arguments a mute point. Come on ALPA/USAPA/APA etc. get your collective act together. Focus on the big picture. Protect and improve your Scope and stop the proliferation of cheap outsourcing. You think the regional code-share outsource issue is bad now, wait until the Chinese and Indians are done with you. A "Mainline" aircraft will soon be 200 seats and more if the trend continues. We'll have to change the monikers "Mainline" and "Regional" to "trans-oceanic" and "inter-continental". Realize that the "trans-oceanic" airlines will be a tiny fraction of the "inter-continental" airlines. There is plenty of blame to go around. Let's stop the in-fighting, reverse the trend, take what we have left, and begin making improvements to the U.S. airline industry as a whole.

winglet