Originally Posted by
tdracer
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.
Urgent to who? The NMA doesn't exist! The 321LR does and XLR has been announced. If they are the only option to aging 75s and 76s, then there is no alternative. This is also a trust issue and B has lost that for a long time.