Embraer executives have expressed mixed feelings about the company’s future product strategy in the United States, admitting that while there are no prospects of scope clause changes that would enable the company to resume the development of the E175-E2 in the short term, there is still a strong market for the E175-E1. E175-E1’s strong performance Speaking during Embraer’s Investor Day in New York on November 18, Arjan Meijer, the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Embraer Commercial Aviation, admitted that he does not see any changes coming to scope clauses in the short-term future. The executive added that this was just not the right moment.
However, Meijer praised the E175-E1 , which has been an amazingly well-performing aircraft, with the type basically being the reason why airlines are reluctant to push the changes in its agreements with pilot unions. “The E175-E1 was so good that the gap of the E175-E2, which had a smaller engine, which had a smaller gap in terms of fuel burn, it was not enough for airlines to say, “Okay, let’s go through the hassle to change the scope clause to get the E175-E2 .”.
” At the same time, Meijer touched upon the point that there will have to be discussions in the future. If the aviation industry wanted to reduce its fuel burn and environmental impact, something needed to happen regarding the scope clauses at regional airlines in the US. “[The scope clause] can either change the seat count or it can change the ma.
