Engineer Sam Salehpour calls on planemaker ahead of testimony before Senate homeland security committee

Engineer Sam Salehpour calls on planemaker ahead of testimony before Senate homeland security committee

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    • BrikoXOPMEnglish
      1•7 months ago

      It’s considered the 3rd biggest player in commercial plane market, but they are tiny in comparison. They have a lot of backend infrastructure built to keep operating, but they don’t have the capital to swing for new, risky designs. One miss and they are at bankruptcy level.

      They also missed the mark with their latest Embraer 175-E2 design by not being able to keep the weight under the US scope clause, so they lost a huge market segment.

      • T (they/she)
        2•7 months ago

        Even before all this I always used to prefer traveling through Embraer planes. I have an irrational fear of flying after an awful turbulence I’ve experienced.

        There’s this air company in Brazil called Azul and their fleet is pretty much a mix of Embraer and Airbus.

      • BrikoXOPMEnglish
        4•7 months ago

        No it’s not. There was a deal in 2020 about a joint venture, but it failed. Brazilian government also has golden shares that give them veto power in certain circumstances.