I dont think thats really rational either. Look at the sales figured for the 757 - sales were either flat or very slow from 2001 onward. https://en.wikipedia.

I dont think thats really rational either. Look at the sales figured for the 757 - sales were either flat or very slow from 2001 onward. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_757#Orders_and_deliveries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_757#Orders_and_deliveri... Boeing stopped making the plane because the situations that led to its existence evaporated, and it looked as if there would never be more demand again, and the world seemed to be trending to 737 size aircraft in ever increasing numbers.