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We’re talking about airlines, not Boeing. How much R&D should they be doing?

• op00to 7y ago
  I'd support research in getting me off the plane without having to have someone's fat, stinky, fart-loaded ass in my face for 15 minutes, then waiting in line for another 15 minutes to get off the plane as I bash other people with my bag. Maybe they could throw a few billion at that.
  • dboreham 7y ago
    That problem can probably be solved with a small dose of common sense.
• whb07 7y ago
  You mean they couldn’t be doing R&D into better flight paths for fuel economy or risk? What about finding ways to better transact with the end client? Or a better way to deal with cargo? How’s about research into a machine to better load cargo into the plane? What type of question is this?
  • yyy888sss 7y ago
    They already do this, in fact it's critical to optimise things like this in a low margin industry like airlines. Any airline that doesn't calculate the best flight paths for fuel economy will quickly go out of business.
    • whb07 7y ago
      Because they couldn’t spend more money to improve things, yep, you’re right.