Boeing changed in 1997 when the MDC bean-counters took over. Look at their line-up for 2020: fourth iteration on the 737 with MoM shaping up to be a fifth, thi

Boeing changed in 1997 when the MDC bean-counters took over. Look at their line-up for 2020: fourth iteration on the 737 with MoM shaping up to be a fifth, third iteration on the 747 if it's still alive, third iteration on the 777, 787 range split across the -9/-10 and the -8 which is basically a completely different aircraft due to the chaotic and rushed development. "No more Moonshots" is their current self-professed philosophy: http://www.seattletimes.com/business/mcnerney-no-more-lsquomoonshotsrsquo-as-boeing-develops-new-jets/ http://www.seattletimes.com/business/mcnerney-no-more-lsquom... And that's not even addressing their creative methods of program accounting, or the fact that their suppliers now have to wait 120 days for payment. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-boeing-suppliers-idUSKCN0ZN1GG http://www.reuters.com/article/us-boeing-suppliers-idUSKCN0Z... None of those sound like the Boeing of old that "bet the farm" on the 747. Which, anyway, was only meant to be a short-term airframe until supersonic airliners took over...