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After Qantas Airbus order Boeing must rethink the MAX
The Qantas decision to opt for Airbus A320 Family and the smaller A220 for its fleet replacement of the 162-seat 737 NG and smaller regional jets is a defining moment in aviation and should send Boeing back to the drawing board to build the 797. (airinsight.com) Más...
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someday in some business school somewhere, boeing's inability to commit to building the 797 will be studied as part of the great loss of business this year and in the next few years to airbus. The Max will cost them billions in settlement charges, the lawsuits of the two crashes will cost them billions of dollars (even as boeing slithers about trying to evade fiscal responsibiity),the switching of KLM and QUANTAS and the follow-on orders, the unrevealed airlines just waiting to switch to airbus, the costs of 787 mismanagement and mis-construction, and the befuddling decision to pass on buying what became the AIrbus A200, which will eventually sell thousands of copies over the next twenty years or more. Airlines awaiting their deliveries of the dreamliner will exact a penalty charge too. Where is the comparable levels of good news from boeing to balance out all this bad, very bad news??? Ain't heard any lately.....
How many max orders are on the books again?
Interested to know too
4,700 give or take
But… But Southwest and Ryanair don’t want to retrain their pilots!
Yeah the whole thing is pretty dumb.
Yeah the whole thing is pretty dumb.
you got me confused here. What do you mean?
Sort of the reason Boeing has rested on it’s laurels and allowed their product line to languish. They have two big customers who only want to fly 737s because it’s cheaper for them to operate that way, so Boeing decided that they don’t have to innovate. And when they do (787) they do it wrong.
So I’m in full agreement with you. Boeing has screwed itself.
So I’m in full agreement with you. Boeing has screwed itself.
One big reason to do one type is for Maintenace on them having different makes is just like a fleet of cars being two different makers. Its easier for mechanics to work on the same brand due to them being made the same basic way. Oh and if you think I am full of BS this came from a former Alaska employee who was asked to map out for them the reasons and savings for doing so.
What's wrong with the 787?
What is not wrong with the 787, years late, still have manufacturing issues, scraped first aircraft due to being far over weight and not built to later acceptable production standards.
I didn't ask what was wrong with the 787 a decade ago, I asked what was wrong with it now.
"Manufacturing issues" is your answer?
"Manufacturing issues" is your answer?
Not quite true several were donated but some were sold that way.
