Rob Dewar: The Father of the Airbus A220

Rob Dewar is Senior Vice President of A220 Customer Satisfaction Services and Product Policy at Airbus Canada. He was one of a team of three people instructed to investigate whether a larger regional jet would work for Bombardier way back in 2004. The C-Series ended up as the Airbus A220, originally the C-Series. Rob said they had some headaches with the engine development, some of the carbon fiber components in the wing of fuselage,. It did take more time and budget than initially anticipated.