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> I’ve lost all faith in Boeing. Guess what? They don't care because it doesn't matter. You really can't avoid their airplanes without avoiding air travel.
by skunkpocalypse 7y ago
> I’ve lost all faith in Boeing.
Guess what? They don't care because it doesn't matter.
You really can't avoid their airplanes without avoiding air travel.
- tempguy9999 7y agoIs boeing really the only producer of aeroplanes? My guess is there are others. My guess is that orders will be cancelled and there'll be a shift towards airbus (oh!there's one!) I'm tempted to apply my first ever downvote to this apparently witless comment, but perhaps you meant something more subtle?
- _ph_ 7y agoOrders can't just be shifted to Airbus, as their production lines are fully loaded for years to come. Also, there is little desire to make Airbus a monopolist. The problem basically started when Boing was merged with McDonell Douglas, as this created the duopoly which now has the market trapped. And of course it creates a huge amount of problems for all the airlines which ordered and planned for new planes which have the same certificatation as their existing 737.
- JohnJamesRambo 7y agoIt feels like we see this over and over when you trace corporate problems back- loss of competition and development of monopolistic conditions. There’s a reason we developed antitrust laws and to watch them be eroded in the modern era is quite worrisome.
- Yizahi 7y agoIt's like with Google (or Amazon, or Microsoft) - you can disagree with their policies and business practices, but you can't avoid them. It is physically impossible to use internet without these monsters. https://gizmodo.com/c/goodbye-big-five https://gizmodo.com/c/goodbye-big-five