The airline model is that the operator owns nothing, he leases the aircraft from the leasing company that buys the aircraft. Frees up cash flow. Never heard of a customer buying aircraft on behalf of the operator.
Maybe I've lived under a rock, anyone have any insight? Nowherespecial?
CHC has a long history of looking at the 525, ran into some of their pilots at the development sim in Amarillo. Fly-by-wire perfectly replicates PC1 profiles.