Originally Posted by
EEngr
I wonder about this. Boeing just needs to call their bluff. An airline that won't spring for a few hours of classroom and simulator time to learn a new subsystem isn't likely to start their flight crews from scratch with a side-stick.
True, but the ones with existing contracts (at least SWA) probably will want to enforce the $1 million per unit penalty. Of course, that might seem like a minor expense, at this point.