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Bend alot
Is now not the perfect time for Boeing to come up with a complete new family of aircraft?
Selling any new aircraft in the next few years in any numbers will be pretty tough.
The government will not let it fail.
The MAX has issues.
The 747 is pretty much over.
They lack a small regional aircraft.
A complete new series of clean sheet aircraft with much in common could be a long term win & it could be possible to meet the regs for comi configurations on a clean sheet.
I think the problem for Boeing is the cost; It was hoping to milk the 737 Max whilst recouping the last part of development for the Dreamliner and develop the 777X. It has some awful cost over runs on its military programmes, so cash for a clean sheet was limited even before Covid19. Now with sales (probably) on the floor, need for government support just to carry on, the ability to develop a clean sheet design from resources available to them ain't gonna happen. The likely collapse in demand will put Airbus in the same spot, even though they don't have the same number of problem programmes that Boeing have.
Maybe in 3 years time things will be easier?