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Restart the 757 production line, with modern engines. Boeing was already working on it. It would be a stopgap, but one that could allow Boeing to survive unti
by Kon-Peki 3y ago
Restart the 757 production line, with modern engines. Boeing was already working on it. It would be a stopgap, but one that could allow Boeing to survive until a new narrow body aircraft design could be produced.
- pknomad 3y agoI think it would be unlikely as: 1. Restarting the production line is costly and expensive. Last unit was produced in 2024 - 20 years ago. I don't even know if Boeing still maintains the parts and the know-how to ramp up production. 2. They already have the 737 MAX in the books for sales and commitment. 3. 757 suffers the same problem as the 737NG did - it would need to be re-designed so that it would be competitive with the A321 NEO and that also requires re-certification process. 4. You would need to also train up the 737 pilots to fly the 757. 5. 757 requires bigger gate space, so that poses logistics challenges for airports. 6. The root problem isn't the 737 MAX, but the cultural rot that was embedded by the Boeing leadership (McNerney - surprise, surprise - who's never worked in engineering function and started as a McKinsey consultant).
- pfannkuchen 3y ago> 2024 - 20 years ago Interestingly, if you interpret this as a math expression, the typo self corrects.
- pknomad 3y agowoops, thanks for pointing it out.
- Zigurd 3y agoThe tooling and supply chain for the 757 is gone. It is unclear if Boeing can, due to both management and resources, leapfrog the competition with a better, safer plane. Boeing has no good options. The 787, which is very pleasant to ride in, was a disastrous project in the opposite way as the 737MAX: Waaaay over budget, way late. Way beyond the target price. Less range than initially spec'ed, and an outsourcing disaster.