Leave it to Marketing to foul everyone up long after the designations were assigned to each aircraft type. I'm sticking with the type certificate of EMB-whatever. Jose Prize Fan of confusion In a message dated 8/14/2003 5:05:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, fubar@xxxxxxxxxx writes: > Subj: Re: An ERJ here, an EMB there... > Date: 8/14/2003 5:05:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time > From: <A HREF="mailto:fubar@xxxxxxxxxx";>fubar@xxxxxxxxxx</A> > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> > To: <A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> > Sent from the Internet > > Gentlemen, > Although the Embraer web site does indeed employ the marketing > designations ERJ 135, ERJ 140, ERJ 145 and Embraer 170, I do wish to make > clear that the company designation for these airplanes is EMB-135, EMB-140, > EMB-145 and EMB-170. It's a pity that I can't attach a page from the pdf. > file versions of the EMB-135BJ, EMB-145LR and EMB-170 Aircraft Operations > Manual or Aircraft Flight Manual. But I guess that a visit to the FAA TC > page might proveenlightening.... > > Moreover, I also wish to point out that Embraer's marketing department is > somewhat finnicky when it comes to designating the company's products. I > remember quite well for being mildly chastised for writing 'ERJ-145" when > the correct form is "ERJ 145" as of September of 1999. It's a pity that > marketing and press relations forgot to issue a circular memo... > > The 70-seat aircraft's situation is even worse insamuch as it was designated > by the marketing department as ERJ-170, then ERJ 170 and now the current > Embraer 170. However, despite polite entreaties (that later developed into > dire warnings of coming fire and brimstone), the company's operational > engineering division and flight test department flipped the proverbial > finger to the marketing department on the EMB- vs ERJ issue. After all, who > is going to foot the bill to change all the Aircraft Flight Manuals, > Aircraft Operations Manual, Standard Operational Procedures Manuals, > CD-ROMs, Type Certificates and what have you? > > But I suppose that the entire situation is somewhat analagous to the correct > spelling of the word raccoon. It can be spelled "raccoon" or "racoon" - but > I suppose that for that small, tree-climbing, carnivorous mammal it won't > make the slightest difference if its name carries a "c" or a double "c". It > will still remain a small, tree-climbing, carnivorous mammal of the genus > Procyon lotor. > > Hence, I guess that using ERJ or EMB is very much a question of preference. > > Jackson Flores >