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Originally Posted by
Discovery Bay
It's was a 'no brainer' for WW.
I wholeheartedly agree that signing even a letter of intention for the aeroplane that has been grounded on severe safety issue and has no realistic date of return to service because no realistic fix has been developed yet is pure "no brainer".
I predict that Lockheed Martin will return to passenger turbofan transport market in big style; this time with two widebody projects, far more succesful than its last endeavour. I wonder if T7 gets renamed "BiStar".