Originally Posted by
Commander Taco
STC also said: “Engine manufacturers were moving too quickly to try to meet specifications. When it came to innovation they did little and sat on their hands, they overpromised and what we see now is the result of that.”
maybe in future, Emirates could restrict themselves to asking for what is achievable ? Companies don't go out on their own and offer the impossible but are forced into agreeing to the impossible by an unreasonable purchaser. At the end of it, its a mistake the supplier makes in agreeing to such terms, but the start of the process is a buyer who has ridiculous expectations.
If Emirates didn't ask for the unachievable, then they wouldn't have suppliers failing - and as to his suggestion that they sit on their hands, that's nonsense. Nobody invests for 36 aircraft.
Suppliers put money in where they get a decent return - and if you buy an engine supporting a tiny fleet, and there's an opportunity to invest on a new engine serving a fleet many times its size, its ridiculous for Emirates to think the supply chain would do anything else than invest in the bigger fleet size market. Unfortunately his comment is symptomatic of the best airline, a great (older) aircraft and an expectation of the having the biggest baseball bat on the field to beat up the supply chain like in the past, but realising there's nobody left on the field to play ball with as everyone has gone elsewhere to play.