They say they don't rule out NEW Q400s in the future, it's just these first 25 they want something done about. 1 for 1 swap ? Remanufacture ? Buy back ? Lawsuit ? Time will tell, but personally I think it will all blow over somehow.
Unfortunately these situations have killed off better designs than the Q400. My guess is that Bombardier is suffering big time loss of forward orders and it may well close the line. It could even kill the Q300 production line.
I wouldn't want to be holding paper in that company... thinks "Junk" bonds