I was exaggerating about the 15k a year, but so many people took it to be serious that it must be believeable nowadays...

I drop the "express" all the time. It just makes things easier. People start asking questions and then they think you are a liar because they've never heard of an Embraer, or an airliner made in Brazil. in their minds they start thinking that it must be made out of bamboo or woven palm fronds.