Also why start a new company rather than buying out or partnering some existing manufacturer? After looking at Mitsubishi spectacularly failing to deliver MRJ, I wonder if it’s a wise choice.
Wow, I hadn't heard about that. If they were 1 or 2 years quicker they might have been out in the market before the pandemic presumably killed them?
They put together an agile flying plane, but they didn’t do any of paperworks beforehand, so couldn’t get it certified or make it maintainable due to complete lack of understanding for commercial aviation market