Originally Posted by
Smythe
Simple fix:
Increase the height of the landing gear (which should have been done 15 years ago) and put the damn motors back where they are supposed to be.
That $2 billion it was gonna cost looks pretty cheap right now...
Boeing, you had ONE JOB! The 757 wing, if they still have the drawings, obviously accommodates longer, "stick-insect" landing gear. and only a couple of metres (7ft) wider span.
Put on new engines and a modern avionics package, a new interior, and smooth out the nose à la 787 (to get rid of all that noise on the flight deck) and voila, you have a new aircraft to compete with AB320Neo.
If only...