Originally Posted by
Frank W. Abagnale
Even certified I highly doubt any western airline would touch this thing.
Westerners don’t mind Chinese drones (China’s DJI supplies 70% of the world’s drone sales). They don’t mind the ever increasing sales of Chinese vehicles, or other tech.
But commercial aircraft are a bridge too far?
Airbus really has the dominant edge in products narrowbody, but they’ll be swamped with orders and delivery backlogs. Boeing is a basket case and is pretending an early 60s short range commuter design can realistically compete as a medium range jet in the 2020s and into the 2030s.
If the C919 is proven to have a reliable track record over several years of service internally in China then it should attract orders from other airlines. A reliable C919 would be very attractive option compared to a MAX.
A new Iron Curtain is slowly falling.
I would say the exact opposite. People in western countries in the 50s-80s weren’t running with USSR built products everywhere in their household and society.