Originally Posted by
Big Pistons Forever
Because for the first time ever 20 + yrs worth of klufges and work arounds dating back to the first 737NG, got a good looking at.......and the results were not pretty. The 737 is certified under the regulations that existed in 1967, those regulations ignored/allowed stuff that is now considered completely unacceptable. Getting the existing mish mash of technology to be compliant is, I would suggest, a lot harder than starting from scratch.
Tome the ultimate irony is a complete upgrade of the cockpit and flight control technology was going to add 1 year to the Max development schedule and cost up to 10 Billion extra dollars. It was rejected out of hand at the project kick off yet here we are, grounded for at lest a year and the bill to Boeing is 8.3 Billion and rising.......
This is true. It would also result in a plane that Boeing's customers did not want as it would not fit into their existing 737 operations.
20/20 hindsight is rarely a useful thing. By the time one has it, it's too late to use it.