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Originally Posted by Hedley
Most passengers are clueless about aviation, however passenger perception would be a significant hurdle. The bigger issue is the size.
taking away most of the “this is a turboprop” cues will help a design escape notice of the clueless general public
and yeah, size is a big issue, although if cost savings are as advertised it could probably be 550’d at a competitive CASM/RASM delta to outgoing crj200/e145