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Are we really sure they are not working on a next-generation plane behind the scenes? I doubt they would just sit there and do nothing after the MAX fiasco.
by iSnow 5y ago
Are we really sure they are not working on a next-generation plane behind the scenes? I doubt they would just sit there and do nothing after the MAX fiasco.
- zardo 5y agoIIRC their development cycle for a ground up design is about 30 years.
- pmcollins 5y agofrom wikipedia’s 747 article: > Boeing agreed to deliver the first 747 to Pan Am by the end of 1969. The delivery date left 28 months to design the aircraft, which was two-thirds of the normal time. surely they can do a ground up design in under 5 years?
- bobthepanda 5y agoThe 747-8 was announced in 2005, and started passenger service in 2012. Planes have increased in complexity in the last 50 years. It is legitimately very difficult to make a plane as cheap and efficient as airlines want, and as safe and (relatively) quiet as regulators want. Boeing and Airbus are not a duopoly because of a lack of attempts. And even they screw up; the 747-8 and A380 turned out to be duds because they were too hard to fill and four engines needs more fuel than two.
- iSnow 5y agoGoing by Wikipedia, they saw the need for a new plane (the later named 787) by the late 90's, announced it in 2003 and delivered the first plane in 2011. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_787_Dreamliner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_787_Dreamliner