Ace is right. Bombardier have a history of picking up what prove to be excellent investments at knock down prices. I don't know about Learjet but when they bought Canadair, Shorts and de Havilland Canada the respective governments committed untold millions by way of grants, matched investment, subsidies and guarantees. Bombardier need a new larger model to top out their product line and match the Brazilians. They abandoned their own BRJ-X study because the R+D bill would be too high but, guess what, it would have had 5 abreast seats, two underwing CF34-10s etc etc. This way, based on past experience they get the aircraft they always wanted, not to mention one of the most advanced manufacturing plants in Europe, for a fraction of the cost of starting from scratch. The upside for FD people is that a number of jobs will be saved. The downside is that Bombardier are b******s to work for!