Originally Posted by
Big Pistons Forever
Boeing was the company that designed the and built the first 777 in about 4 years. Maybe it is time to say if you can build an entirely new wide body intercontinental airliner in 4 years it shouldn’t take the same amount of time to fix 737 systems that are not compliant with modern safety standards.
That's not quite true. The 777 was certified 4 years after the program was launched. But work on what would become the 777 started years before that - with major design efforts being made while the 747-400 was still in development.
It takes time to get it right - I'd far rather see Boeing take a rational (slower) approach and get it right. Rushing something just to get it certified is what gave us MCAS...