Originally Posted by
BoilerUP
I'd bet dollars to donuts RAH marketing thought the E170 would be able to handle Aspen with no problems "since CRJs do it!" but that flight management really knew better...
Having worked with RAH flight management, there is no doubt in my mind that nobody in that department bothered to crunch the numbers or even had a ******* clue one way or the other until the deal was already signed. These are not what one would call "deep thinkers".