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Oh so sweet this history revisionism. “ The 737 engines used too much fuel so to make a more attractive plane for poorer countries ...“ It was AMERICAN Airlin
by ulfw 7y ago
Oh so sweet this history revisionism.
“ The 737 engines used too much fuel so to make a more attractive plane for poorer countries ...“
It was AMERICAN Airlines and Southwest (of yes the USA) who pushed Boeing into creating the Max, not “poorer countries” (unless you count the US among those)
- beowulfey 7y agoYes this is more accurate—Southwest in particular is a huge 737 customer, and they wanted to be add longer legs with minimal changes (same ground crew, berthing and piloting). The versatility of crew is a key part of their business model.