Originally Posted by
Fugazi
Changing the name of the Regional category as a political statement is one of the dumbest and most fruitless ideas I've come across on this site. What's next.. should Bombardier and Embraer be lobbied to call their machines Contract Jets or maybe Fee For Departure Jets?! Don't forget, plenty of wholly owned subsidiaries fly them too and are not contract carriers.
Interesting thoughts. I somewhat agree about a forum name change being a political statement, but still think the name should be changed to reflect reality.
What Bombardier or Embraer does with the names of the planes they sell is strictly their business, and which nobody (but you) has addressed.
Besides, beyond your example, those aircraft are flown by REAL LIVE AIRLINES around the world.