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> Without MCAS the MAX loses the 737 type rating and becomes a commercial failure. Does it fail? I will grant you this: 1) A significant number of people woul
by dbcurtis 7y ago
> Without MCAS the MAX loses the 737 type rating and becomes a commercial failure.
Does it fail? I will grant you this: 1) A significant number of people would refuse to fly it. 2) Pilots would need to be trained to the new type. 3) There would have to be more simulators constructed to handle the training load, and the airlines would likely force Boeing to bay for that.
OTOH: All the 737 ground equipment and gates and so forth will work perfectly fine. It seems to me that with suitable discounts, it would sell through. Not an easy sale, certainly.
Does the 737MAX really become an economic loser?
- cjbprime 7y agoGood point. The airlines would certainly be less happy, but it's unclear that they'd be unhappy enough to make the plane unprofitable. I guess the question is whether it would make them all buy the A320neo instead.