Frist psotMRJ, in Moses Hole!
Caterpillar 320?Can anyone identify the type or airport? Photo credit to my friend Wade SackettView attachment 70282View attachment 70281
I'm not sure. I think he's at QX now but live in MWH.
Naw. Roger Roger got it on the first post. That CAT must be a universal plane killer though.
Without any relaxation of scope clauses, no regional carrier in the U.S. can enjoy next-generation aircraft, including the [Embraer] E-Jet E2...So we are very confident in the future [scope clause relief] will come.”
“When we established our contract with TSH, the outlook on the regional market was very different. The scope clause, however was not relaxed as anticipated,” Mitsubishi Aircraft president, Hisakazu Mizutani, said in a statement.
Mitsubishi were idiots from the beginning making the MRJ. They had the hubris to think US scope clauses would be relaxed to accommodate their heavy RJ. Who was giving them that advice, because there was absolutely zero indication that that was ever going to happen, even back in the early 2010s.
Not at all, ALPA had no appetite to relieve management of scope at any of the majors. If anything, the last 20 years has seen a tightening of scope restrictions. My shop had zero scope and as of our last contract (2022) has a robust clause with weight, seat, and ratio to mainline language. Again, nobody in the early 2010s ever indicated that they would loosen scope. Mitsubishi just pulled that crap out of thin air that they could change the market with their product.Not a terrible guess they would be again, and I'm surprised they weren't. In fact, chances are scope clauses might be relaxed thanks to bankruptcy contracts during the next downturn.