Originally Posted by
emcampbe
Just curious about the CR7 to CR5 conversion, seems to be a few units that have gone through the conversion already or going through it now. But they won’t be able to enter service until flight certification is done, which will take some time.
Are they just short the few UAX birds in the meantime. Is there just a schedule reduction on some routes for this? Has flight testing even started for the CR5 fleet?
I believe they are being pulled as the E175SC are being delivered. This keeps total number of larger regional jets within the scope.