Originally Posted by
krismiler
A guaranteed buy back and substantial discount may have been offered for when the replacement aircraft becomes available in 5 - 8 years time.
It's going to be a lot longer than "5 - 8 years". IF Boeing had the resources to start again on a clean sheet design immediately, EIS would be in roughly 8 years. They don't. Right now they have three priorities - get the 400+ already built 737s delivered, get the 737 production line back on it's feet and delivering aircraft, and get the 777-9X certified and in-service (I've lost count of how many basically complete 777-9X are sitting around Paine Field but it has to be over two dozen). There is simply no money and no resources to devote to a new aircraft program right now, and that's not going to change anytime soon.
It'll be 2025 - at best - before Boeing is back on their feet sufficiently that they can even
think of launching an all new aircraft