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Airbus A220 (ex CSeries) Master Thread
Feb 17, 2016, 9:53 am
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Although the ramifications won't be felt for some time, ICAO also announced new CO2 reduction requirements for aviation that will make the CSeries shine by comparison with any other aircraft in the marketplace. I don't expect that to move one of the US majors, but it may have an influence on the Europeans.
Feb 17, 2016, 9:58 am
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Feb 17, 2016, 9:59 am
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This is as much a lifesaver for AC as it is for BBD. I would love to have been a fly on the wall when this deal got cut between government, AC and BBD. Who gets what, when and how must have been an interesting negotiation, and you can be sure that when AC looked at its books, it new this was too good an opportunity to pass up.
Unfortunately BA's in-service support for their legacy products has not helped their credibility.
Feb 17, 2016, 10:04 am
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Feb 17, 2016, 10:23 am
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No they are not made in Quebec. Some final assembly (specifically for the PW1500G) is done at Mirabel, but the motors are made in Hartford, CT.
Feb 17, 2016, 10:30 am
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The position eliminations will happen over the next two years. This is normal in the cyclical nature of aerospace engineering.
Many of the contractors will go back to their home countries and be re-deployed to aerospace engineering work going on there. Other people will be deployed to other work within the organization.
These layoffs have been expected for quite some time, there was a huge ramp up of people to support the engineering design and testing of the aircraft platform, sustaining activities don't require as many people, so it only makes sense that positions (not people) will be eliminated. True some people will lose their job, but they will find something else. Aerospace engineering jobs are not very static by any stretch.
Feb 17, 2016, 10:30 am
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Is the C-Series's P&W engine immune to all the troubles that have beset its big-brother on the A321neo (or as airliners.net participants dubbed it, the A321npe, as in, "no Pratt engine")?
Feb 17, 2016, 10:32 am
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The CS300 is still undergoing development & testing and hasn't been certified yet, so this makes sense and is a prudent move on the part of AC.
Feb 17, 2016, 10:42 am
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Porter wanted them too
It's good that AC is going to let Canadians travel on what will certainly be a comfortable and quiet series of aircraft. I hope this also gives AC a lever to get the feds to rescind their dismissal of discussion on the use of jets at YTZ. Porter (and now AC) could have the C-series departing with very low noise levels, even if Adam Vaughan is not happy, Marc Garneau could consider the new reality. And he is an MP from Quebec.
Feb 17, 2016, 10:45 am
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The early teething issues for the PW112xG & PW113xG will be sorted out and will have better performance than the LEAP. The issue people have with the PW11xxG is that it is completely new and unfamiliar to everyone that will use it.
Operators are an extremely conservative bunch and really don't like unknowns at all.
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Feb 17, 2016, 10:47 am
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It's good that AC is going to let Canadians travel on what will certainly be a comfortable and quiet series of aircraft. I hope this also gives AC a lever to get the feds to rescind their dismissal of discussion on the use of jets at YTZ. Porter (and now AC) could have the C-series departing with very low noise levels, even if Adam Vaughan is not happy, Marc Garneau could consider the new reality. And he is an MP from Quebec.
Feb 17, 2016, 10:47 am
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It's good that AC is going to let Canadians travel on what will certainly be a comfortable and quiet series of aircraft. I hope this also gives AC a lever to get the feds to rescind their dismissal of discussion on the use of jets at YTZ. Porter (and now AC) could have the C-series departing with very low noise levels, even if Adam Vaughan is not happy, Marc Garneau could consider the new reality. And he is an MP from Quebec.
Feb 17, 2016, 10:55 am
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Whoa, whoa, whoa. Don't be injecting reason, knowledge and common sense here. This is FT; no place for such statements.
Actually, it's refreshing to read a moderate comment. Gives me hope this site can proceed in a new, more uplifting direction.
Aaaaannnd, we're back...
Actually, it's refreshing to read a moderate comment. Gives me hope this site can proceed in a new, more uplifting direction.
Its a bunch of Quebecois (probably corrupt) politicians, and now they have their boy (JT) in office. And surely PCC has their fingers all over a lot of these companies.
On the other hand, better to "force" AC to buy them than have all those people on unemployment...better to have aircraft produced than nothing.
On the other hand, better to "force" AC to buy them than have all those people on unemployment...better to have aircraft produced than nothing.
Aaaaannnd, we're back...
Feb 17, 2016, 11:19 am
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