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> I also doubt customers will really vote with their feet Agreed. As the article points out: "Passengers eventually returned to flying the 787 and to other ai
by FabHK 8y ago
> I also doubt customers will really vote with their feet
Agreed. As the article points out:
"Passengers eventually returned to flying the 787 and to other airplanes that were grounded: the McDonnell Douglas DC-10, the Douglas DC-6, the Lockheed Constellation and even the de Havilland Comet."
- freehunter 8y agoI'm not sure the DC-10 is a great example. It was grounded in 1979 and discontinued in 1983 after airlines stopped ordering it. The company never recovered and died a long and slow death until Boeing scooped them up.
- HarryHirsch 8y agoNeither is the Lockheed Electra (one would guess that the author means that airplane instead of the Constellation). Airlines cancelled their orders and Lockheed had to end production of the model early, leading to very substantial losses for the company.