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Old 8th Sep 2008, 07:48
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No RYR for me
 
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The aircraft has a number of major problems and would not say that there are a lot of operators with the aircraft.... In the US the one major client is Dayjet and they have a hard time and have scaled back their operation big time. Half their fleet is for sale and the huge order they have placed is most likely non existent.

Easa is very unlikely soon due to the outstanding software and avionics issues.

The company is still trying to get new financing and hopes to stay afloat..

It looks like that the Mustang and the Embraer will be the only commercial VLJ's around and the aircraft is just a wet dream of would be operators.. Interesting to note is that over 90% of people starting in this segment are people from outside aviation... you fill in if that is a good thing or a bad thing
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