And imagine the problems on the ground ... "XX123 your parking is stands 30 thru 34"
Nope, this machine is stillborn and probably just a fancy move on Boeings part to keep the public focused on their products. I sincerly can't see any airline getting seriously involved flying SLF's around in something like this.
Some time ago Tcas Climb started a thread urging Boeing to get their act together in order to catch up with Airbus. Knowing the power of pprune they've probably read that thread and acted accordingly. However, in that same thread ppruners throughly dismissed the idea on various grounds.
Maybe for cargo operations, but that's it.
[This message has been edited by Juliet November (edited 11 February 2001).]