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Lawyers for the airlines should have made their orders conditional on a continued high safety record.

• dylan604 3y ago
  You're also looking over the fact that the purchasers really Really REALLY wanted this plane, and Boeing knew this. The fact that it was being sold as an in kind upgrade so no new training was required was a H. U. G. E. part of the decision to purchase. There was a helluva sales pitch with that fact on top of the fuel savings. I'm guessing there's a lot of bar lowering that the airlines would have been willing to accept to even contemplate a safety record clause
  • ta8645 3y ago
    Regardless, it would seem prudent to give yourself flexibility to react to such a compromised safety record. You can always still go through with the purchase if it makes sense. It just seems to me the airline lawyers failed to protect their interests, when agreeing to these purchase contracts.
    • bobthepanda 3y ago
      Neither Boeing nor Airbus would actually sign such a thing, and above all else the reason the airlines are buying planes is because they need one. The older models are also now out of production.
• AdrianB1 3y ago
  Planes have a limited life and a shelf life. If you are an airliner and your planes are either aging or becoming not competitive due to fuel consumption (this is the biggest change from a generation to another), you are forced to buy anything you can find. Waiting lists are 5 to 10 years long, depending how big pockets you have. There is no competition, it is a duopol, so many times you are forced to buy.