Originally Posted by
b1lanc
You might want to change the "is" to "was". Trust has been broken and I'd expect more cancelled orders for types that are now behind schedule with their own 'issues' let alone belief that B could ever greenfield an NMA. What would NOT surprise me is to learn that some in B might have been thinking of a Max+.
I would put the chance of a "MAX+" at sub-zero. If anything, the MAX fiasco has made the need for a new NMA more urgent. While Boeing has committed to the MAX 737-10, there is no way they can get withing shouting distance of the range to compete against the A321LR without a new wing - at which point the whole reason for the MAX goes away.