Imagine how many new orders they could get if they took advantage of the lull in air travel by deciding they actually wanted to compete with Airbus and building a new clean-sheet design. They could smoke the A320NEO if they wanted to, but that might involve spending money and paying their rank-and-file. Why do that when you can pay lawyers and lobbyists instead. In 20-30 years hence, Airbus would be in the same place Boeing was 10 years ago with the predicament of having that huge question mark about what to do with their aging design. Nah, far easier to stand on the street corner with your hand out.

(Written on 2020/08/21)(Permalink)

Of course! The government may be very incompetent, but the one thing they're good at is guaranteeing your safety and security!

(Written on 2020/08/21)(Permalink)

Smart people don't just mindlessly accept everything the government rubber-stamps.

(Written on 2020/08/14)(Permalink)

The effects of COVID on air travel are providing Boeing a golden opportunity to work on a clean sheet, contemporary design for a 737 replacement which could be available just as air travel recovers to pre-COVID levels. Instead, it appears they're still sitting with their thumbs up their ***es looking for approval and handouts from Mommy.

(Written on 2020/08/14)(Permalink)

I believe it was George Carlin who said that when you see the word "bipartisan", all it means is that a greater than usual deception is being pushed.

(Written on 2020/06/19)(Permalink)

I think he's implying that Boeing has been trying to make a 757 out of the 737 and is failing rather miserably.

(Written on 2020/05/08)(Permalink)

The B52 doesn't have to be adapted to "new market conditions" subject to greed. Same as all those DC-3s hanging around that still fly just as well as they did in the 1930s!

(Written on 2020/05/08)(Permalink)

If its any airline's fault, wouldn't it be American, who if I understand correctly pulled Boeing's line of thought away from a clean sheet design?

(Written on 2020/05/08)(Permalink)

And by the way, the economy, if you measure it by the stock market the way our Dear Leader does, is actually doing quite well, having already made up most of its earlier losses!

(Written on 2020/05/08)(Permalink)

The USA has long since faded and quite frankly I think we're to the point where a moderate natural disaster affecting more than just a single region will cause the collapse of the federal government. Cancer, the flu, etc.; those numbers are as you stated, in a year. All those cases don't bombard the healthcare system at once. Covid has occurred over the space of a few weeks. Our healthcare system simply does not have the capacity to deal with them ON TOP OF background demand - and this is completely independent of the arguments over how we fund it - it fails one way or another. If you're fine with collapsing the healthcare system, then just better hope you don't need it, and are fine with paying for that collapse out of pocket in the future.

(Written on 2020/05/08)(Permalink)