Originally Posted by
msbbarratt
With zero public announcement of a 737 replacement airlines will increasingly wonder why Boeing are still pushing a design with its origins in the 1950s. Boeing needed to replace it all the way back in 1992, but didn't. This deal is the future which that laziness has earned them.
Develop, or die. It applies to every company of every size. Even Boeing.
I agree, partially. However, IMHO Boeing still earns/earned a lot of cash by producing a nice jet which has roots in 1950s, with a few minor/major tweaks in between. Maybe this is a good time for Boeing to burn some cash on Embraer/Mitsubishi/Cessna/Learjet?
The fact is that Airbus is one big gov subsidized behemoth. With that in mind it's easy to "justify" their losses with the A380, etc. ...