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Cows getting bigger
RTM Boy, a great post. I'm wondering whether this will be Boeing's DH Comet moment, whereby a technological solution to a (possible) problem may be overtaken/overwhelmed by public opinion. The 737 Max may be an exceptional aircraft but it would take very little for the mood to markedly swing in the direction of the A321 NEO.
I see where you're going with that analogy...
However, Boeing were not exactly pioneering a whole new technology almost a decade prior to anyone else as de Havilland were...
in fact you could say they were taking retrograde steps, or at least reactive rather than proactive solutions.