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It likely would; if you have a fleet full of 737s and the 737 MAX turns into a new type rating, there's a much weaker argument as why they must get the 737 MAX

It likely would; if you have a fleet full of 737s and the 737 MAX turns into a new type rating, there's a much weaker argument as why they must get the 737 MAX rather than an A320neo family aircraft, and that gives Airbus a big in-road with potential customers. That's not to say that Airbus would get all the sales (they won't!), but they then have a much easier time to selling to former 737 customers.

adwww 8y ago
^^ I just made the exact same comment, but this puts it clearer!
isostatic 8y ago
So Boeing may have to reduce the price a little. C'est la vie. However ti's unlikely to cause major problems, presumably the tooling and spares for the non-max 737 are pretty similar to the 737. If you own a fleet of Boeing mid-range jets, why would you suddenly start to buy airbus?
- gsnedders 8y ago
  That depends if the certification of the tooling and spares allows them to be used interchangeably between the pre-MAX and the MAX.
robin_reala 8y ago
Out of interest, why wouldn’t Airbus get those sales?
- icebraining 8y ago
  all those sales
  - gsnedders 8y ago
    And notably, all the build slots for the A320neo family are sold for the next few years; I believe an order today won't be delivered till 2022 (and if you have other aircraft going off-lease, especially if some other airline is taking them on, you might not be able to wait). And you won't order today, because sales take time. If you have a delivery date prior to that for the 737 MAX, you may well just want to wait and hope everything gets rectified before your delivery. Boeing also have an incentive to shift their product, and with their negotiating position weakened will likely offer to sell their product for a lower price than they currently would to customers who already have 737s.
    - magduf 8y ago
      >And notably, all the build slots for the A320neo family are sold for the next few years; I believe an order today won't be delivered till 2022 There's a simple solution for this: increase manufacturing capacity. How do you do this quickly? It's simple: there's a really huge airplane manufacturing plant in Washington, USA that may be up for sale soon...
- adwww 8y ago
  Airlines will all have their own long list of criteria to help decide which aircraft to buy. Removing common type will mean a few less points in a given airliners scoring system - it might tip the score to favour the Airbus for some, and for other airlines it might not even be a consideration.
- rootusrootus 8y ago
  Why would they? It's not like Airbus planes haven't had their own fatal glitches. Heck, it hasn't even been all that long since they had their own version of an MCAS style failure which was only recoverable because it happened a lot farther from the ground.
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adwww 8y ago

^^ I just made the exact same comment, but this puts it clearer!

isostatic 8y ago

So Boeing may have to reduce the price a little. C'est la vie. However ti's unlikely to cause major problems, presumably the tooling and spares for the non-max 737 are pretty similar to the 737. If you own a fleet of Boeing mid-range jets, why would you suddenly start to buy airbus?

gsnedders 8y ago
That depends if the certification of the tooling and spares allows them to be used interchangeably between the pre-MAX and the MAX.

robin_reala 8y ago

Out of interest, why wouldn’t Airbus get those sales?

icebraining 8y ago
all those sales
- gsnedders 8y ago
  And notably, all the build slots for the A320neo family are sold for the next few years; I believe an order today won't be delivered till 2022 (and if you have other aircraft going off-lease, especially if some other airline is taking them on, you might not be able to wait). And you won't order today, because sales take time. If you have a delivery date prior to that for the 737 MAX, you may well just want to wait and hope everything gets rectified before your delivery. Boeing also have an incentive to shift their product, and with their negotiating position weakened will likely offer to sell their product for a lower price than they currently would to customers who already have 737s.
  - magduf 8y ago
    >And notably, all the build slots for the A320neo family are sold for the next few years; I believe an order today won't be delivered till 2022 There's a simple solution for this: increase manufacturing capacity. How do you do this quickly? It's simple: there's a really huge airplane manufacturing plant in Washington, USA that may be up for sale soon...
adwww 8y ago
Airlines will all have their own long list of criteria to help decide which aircraft to buy. Removing common type will mean a few less points in a given airliners scoring system - it might tip the score to favour the Airbus for some, and for other airlines it might not even be a consideration.
rootusrootus 8y ago
Why would they? It's not like Airbus planes haven't had their own fatal glitches. Heck, it hasn't even been all that long since they had their own version of an MCAS style failure which was only recoverable because it happened a lot farther from the ground.
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