[coredog64]

The primary value proposition that Airbus offers is that there is commonality across all their twins. So much so that your pilots can have a type rating that spans several airframes.

Unless BBD is using an Airbus cockpit, this will turn out exactly as you think. Airbus will use the existence to upsell to "real" Airbus aircraft and this will be an afterthought. To do otherwise would jeopardize their value proposition and give Boeing an opening: "If you need a separate type rating anyways, why not consider a 737...?"

[gsnedders]

> The primary value proposition that Airbus offers is that there is commonality across all their twins. So much so that your pilots can have a type rating that spans several airframes.

Well, the single-aisle twins (the A320 family) do. Though the A320neo does require a conversion course (taking c. four days).

The wide-bodies are a bit of a mess (the Airbus A300B2 and A300B4 share one type rating, the Airbus A300-600 and all A310 variants share one, A330 variants share one, and A350 variants share one).

> Unless BBD is using an Airbus cockpit, this will turn out exactly as you think. Airbus will use the existence to upsell to "real" Airbus aircraft and this will be an afterthought. To do otherwise would jeopardize their value proposition and give Boeing an opening: "If you need a separate type rating anyways, why not consider a 737...?"

But the A318 hasn't had any orders or deliveries since 2013, and isn't getting an neo variant. The A319neo has had 51 orders (v. the A320neo with 3673 and the A321neo with 1478). And the CS100/CS300 is competing with the A318 and A319. The common type rating of the A318 and A319 isn't seemingly something airlines care about anyway, instead choosing the larger Embraer E-Jets (mostly). Better to cannibalize yourself than have Embraer do it (and Boeing don't have any competing aircraft).