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Old 6th Nov 2017, 00:28
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Umm, "my" government is the same government as yours.
My apologies! I was careless.

The problem for Bombardier is that they can sell 30 aircraft per month, every month, for the next 10 years -- and still not get their investment back from the CSeries program.
That all depends at what average price they are eventually sold, amongst other factors, and experience suggests we won't know the answer to that question until year 20.

Which is precisely the fundamental problem with civil aerospace projects, the payback period is so very long. The benefit to society as a whole, however, is enormous when such projects are eventually successful.
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