Originally Posted by
viewfromtheramp
100% agree with the statement on the B777. I used to work with this aircraft on the ground and in 6.5 years of operation on a daily flight to our Station we did not have a single aircraft related AOG. Remarkable. Also agree that Boeing risk letting COMAC in. The future duopoly maybe Airbus and Comac on the commercial side. Another 737 Max crash (regardless of cause) will seal it's fate forever. Had the DC10 operated in today's social media environment it too would have failed in all likelihood.
Sadly, I feel it's likely the bean counters at Boeing would view that as a negative rather than a positive and prime focus as an area of cost reduction, saying "clearly the aircraft must be over-engineered".