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Boeing’s future plans threatened by Airbus-Bombardier pact
Airbus’s surprise move to swallow Bombardier’s CSeries airplane program gives it a new small-jet family on the cheap, threatening the Renton-built 737 and potentially forcing Boeing to redraw its road map of new airplane development. (www.seattletimes.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Boeing really needs to put up or shut up. Complaining about social democracies like Canada and European countries subsidizing their industry is just plain silly as that is by nature one of the things that quasi socialist states do and have always done.
If Boeing starts making awesome planes that people want for a reasonable price then they will be a successful company no matter what other countries do.
Getting our(the U.S.) corporate tax rate down to 20% will also help a great deal in making our companies like Boeing more competitive globally, but there's no substitute for great products at a great price.
So stop whining Boeing and get to work.
Dave
If Boeing starts making awesome planes that people want for a reasonable price then they will be a successful company no matter what other countries do.
Getting our(the U.S.) corporate tax rate down to 20% will also help a great deal in making our companies like Boeing more competitive globally, but there's no substitute for great products at a great price.
So stop whining Boeing and get to work.
Dave
Good comment!
Seems like Boeing doesn't like airlines buying a product that they don't offer. If they really feel the CSeries is a threat, why don't they restart production of the comparable 717?
Triggering the Laws of Unintended Consequences. Seems to be a lack of judgment in the Boeing Senior Management ranks...especially the lawyers.
You reminded me of an anecdote in a WWI book of trench warfare jokes:
" Kaiser Willhelm II was being interviewed and the question arose as to what started the War. He responded that it was caused by the American President Theodore Roosevelt. When asked for clarification the Kaiser related that when Mr. Roosevelt was reviewing his troops, he said 'Kaiser Bill, you can lick the world!'. And like a damned fool, I believed him!"
" Kaiser Willhelm II was being interviewed and the question arose as to what started the War. He responded that it was caused by the American President Theodore Roosevelt. When asked for clarification the Kaiser related that when Mr. Roosevelt was reviewing his troops, he said 'Kaiser Bill, you can lick the world!'. And like a damned fool, I believed him!"
Boeing needs to address the needs of the short thin markets that cannot support a 73-8 or 9.
A 75 to 125 pax versions would be competitive with other small jets. A carbon fiber build with a wide aisle and four across seating. Galleys made to serve snacks or meals just after climb out (like 50 minute flights in S. Africa.) Large comfy seats, not the taco shells many are using, nor the thin cushion versions that are like sitting on a plastic patio chair.
Most of all Boeing can bring features and economies to a new aircraft that make it irresistible to airlines. They need to turn the brains loose and let them invent with a clean hard drive.