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The capital cost of the 737 Max fleet is likely to be at least $20 billion. Do you think the airlines or Boeing are just going to write that off?
by 7952 7y ago
The capital cost of the 737 Max fleet is likely to be at least $20 billion. Do you think the airlines or Boeing are just going to write that off?
- manojlds 7y agoWe are going to see normal fares for Max flights and increased fares for those who don't want to fly on Max.
- throwanem 7y agoDo you think they won't get bailouts?
- heavenlyblue 7y agoTo get a bailout they need to act as if it were important.
- einarfd 7y agoThat's not really Boeing or the airlines call. If the relevant certification authorities refuse to certify it, then it isn't going to fly no matter how much Boeing or the airlines want it too. It is going to be interesting to see how it goes. That it has taken this long to fix, points to it being, at a minimum a lot harder to fix that first suspected, and it might even be unfixable given the laws and regulation around airtravel.
- honestoHeminway 7y agoThe certification authority could certainly do a full tor-tour de-force here and point onto errors until the old management is gone and engineering responsiblity has returned. After all- its a goverment company anyway, whats the worst that can happen? Bail-out? They already have been bailed out. Its the career of the cert officials too - and maybe they can get credit for blocking a self destructive public owned company.