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Old 5th Apr 2019, 07:02
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Is it not a bit quaint that a 21st century airline manufacturer still believes that a hand-cranked pulley is the best final solution to a complex systems problem?

Surely the biggest lesson to learn from this event is that the Max should be the last of the 737 family? (No disrespect to the 737 which has been an outstanding aircraft......... but is rather long in the tooth).

Interesting fact. The 737 first flew about 50 years ago and, to date, there have been about 11000 manufactured and 4000 on order. The A320 range first flew 30 years ago and there have been about 8500 built and 6000 on order. Sort of explains why Boeing need to stay in the game.
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