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Seeing as you need a bloody Antonov or 747F to get a new donk to a stricken 787 as opposed to pretty much any cargo jet in existence for a gulfstream, that's not a great comparison.
B787 was advertised as a low CASM P2P medium capacity long range aircraft to serve thin long routes. But neither its supply chain nor support network thought ahead. So B should warn airlines where they can take this crown jewel. Lufthansa restricted A320NEO ops to major Lufthansa Teknik centers until kinks are resolved.
Relief B744s were also able to ferry a spare engine.
Business Jet manufacturers are able to serve customers.
Even Twin Otters to South Pole are better prepared.
So lot of airlines purchased without reading the fine print that they may need stock 6 different windshields(multiple quantities) and a premium logistics contract with Volga-Dnepr or some other IL-76 operator at the least, or it will take 15 days for UTC to weave and bake a reverse thruster.