(12-08-2017, 09:53 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: These vehicles have not yet achieved Preliminary Acceptance Certification (PAC) and the Region has been clear that these vehicles have been delivered to permit testing and it does not constitute delivery or acceptance of any vehicle(s) under the Contract. Bombardier will remain responsible for each of the vehicle’s maintenance until Final Acceptance Certification (FAC)."
Although these 14 trains are going to the region, they're part of the Metrolinx order and full sign off requires Metrolinx' cooperation. If Metrolinx still hasn't dotted their I's and crossed their T's, and they have been foot dragging the whole time since neither their Finch (the original launch project) nor Crosstown projects is remotely ready for vehicles, then Bombardier is hamstrung.
The story during Metrolinx' failed attempt to break out of the contract last spring (when they ordered the pointless 50 Alstom trains) was that they had not finalized their requirements. If those are still in limbo, then so is our FAC and there's nothing Bombardier can do about it. This is the story our local media should be pursuing!
...K