It's understandable that industry wants certain assurances and guarantees following the disastrous rush to market we've seen with the A380 and its wiring and wing cracking issues. Understandable as well with B787 entry into service delays and battery fires.
Bombardier have dealt with unforeseen CSeries teething problems each step of the way during the aircrafts genesis and keep taking it on the chin from all the negative press. To their managements credit they have moved to market at a pace dictated by the reality of bringing a clean sheet design to an actual aircraft. They've not buckled to al Baker's press statements. Not conceded to air show display pressures or media scepticism. They've instead let the project move forward at a pace dictated by the realities of development and testing. In the end a delay of one year may or may not be the entry into service reality either but this aircraft is going to be a game changer.
The CS300 could easily shove a wedge into the A320NEO and B737MAX market. If predicted performance hits the targets with this aircraft some early buyers of the NEO and MAX are going to be crying in their beer. They could well have jumped the gun this time and simply bought the wrong aeroplane.
We'll see.
Last edited by Willie Everlearn; 27th Jan 2014 at 01:27.