Originally Posted by
Denti
And it probably won't sell one more of those in the US, which is their biggest problem since they didn't consider scope clauses when updating the E-Jets...
Designing your aircraft capabilities down to what a particular customer wants is disastrous for an aircraft manufacturer.
Always remember the HS Trident which was designed down to the limited imagination and scope of the Chairman of BEA and therefore had limited sales prospects to other customers.
And why is Boeing in such trouble today? Because they kept warming-over their 1960s design to suit one customer, instead of building a good aircraft for the 21st century.