ZeBedie said:
This is an insult to the talented people who worked at Woodford. Of course they could have made something at least as competitive as the E-jets, given the backing of management.
No it's not, it's a fact.
Your second sentence explains, perhaps (BAe management may disagree), why BAE were not as good as the competition and therefore Woodford has closed rather than a factory elsewhere in the world, like Brazil.
By any sensible measure, the RJX should have been a twin, not a 4-holer, but it was cheaper to use the 146 bits; another example of uncompetitiveness.
And as for the ATP.... talented people?