Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
There are also a few other tidbits floating out there......
I heard that the 744's are staying too!
Want to take a guess on what dump we will get to go to next?
Keep everything, especially the 744s.
As to what dump is next, Newark.
I miss that place.
Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
Fret not, the fleet plan changes all of the time. The 100 seater has been coming for many moons. Some day they will get one.
With the C-Series actually getting a design freeze, the GTF performing better than spec, Boeing realizing the need to get in to the market, and Embraer looking for motivated customers, something will give.
If the C-Series is what they say it will be, and actually makes it in the air, Bombardier will be able to mint money with it.
Funny article to read given the jabs these manufacturers are taking at each other. No matter how you look at it, Boeing especially deserves a wake up call.
Bombardier chairman fires back at CSeries critics
My bet is, and I could be wrong, whatever technology either Bombardier or Embraer can throw into their planes so can Airbus and Boeing. But what I hope is Bombardier and Embraer can get this ball rolling on a new narrowbody. I have no problem if the next airplane comes from any of those 4. Just not Cessna, their stuff sucks.
IMHO, is if new technology can be applied to existing frames then Airbus has the upperhand in that the A320 family. The 737 is too low and too narrow to just be updated, but the A318, 319, 320 and 321 can hang bigger better engines underneath and the fuselages are wider... if the plastic of course holds together. Even still, I could see Airbus getting away with an update while everyone else goes clean sheet and the 787 and A380 don't make clean sheet designs fun anymore.