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Chinese COMAC seems to be on the verge of selling meaningful numbers to chinese airlines. Wont be surprised if they are a very viable competitor in ~20 years wh

Chinese COMAC seems to be on the verge of selling meaningful numbers to chinese airlines. Wont be surprised if they are a very viable competitor in ~20 years which isn’t much in the aviation world where backlogs span a decade

MilStdJunkie 3y ago
Yeah. I could see a possible future Boeing split where BCA gets bought by COMAC or otherwise there's a some sort of new commercial aircraft org made from a hybrid of the two. Not a likely future, but a possible one.
thot_experiment 3y ago
I'm sketical, there are single digit numbers in service and I would be surprised if 差不多 culture doesn't result in a service record worse than the MAX once we have appreciable flight hours to look at. A lot can happen in 20 years but I can't see myself ever flying an MC-21 or C-919, though I won't fly on a MAX either.
boringuser2 3y ago
Their planes are just rip-offs straight from Boeing blueprints with even more corners cut.
asylteltine 3y ago
Ha, as if I would ever get on a Chinese plane. Have people learned nothing?
dkjaudyeqooe 3y ago
> Chinese COMAC seems to be on the verge of selling meaningful numbers to chinese airlines. That's easy when the PRC is mandating it, but given the hard earned safety record of say... Airbus, people are not in a rush to stake their lives and businesses on Chinese built aircraft. They're not exactly known for the transparency and integrity. In 20 years COMAC is likely to suffer multiple deadly crashes.
- sagarkamat 3y ago
  Does it matter though that the numbers are because of PRC tipping the scales? It worked for chinese internet and auto companies. Also, chinese manufacturing is obviously capable of high standards of manufacturing if they decide to. People forget how tenuous airbus once looked or how fast they scaled up
gn4d 3y ago
Was just about to type this. Hopeful for COMAC. Of course your post brought out a bunch of brainwashed racists, though.

MilStdJunkie 3y ago

Yeah. I could see a possible future Boeing split where BCA gets bought by COMAC or otherwise there's a some sort of new commercial aircraft org made from a hybrid of the two. Not a likely future, but a possible one.

thot_experiment 3y ago

I'm sketical, there are single digit numbers in service and I would be surprised if 差不多 culture doesn't result in a service record worse than the MAX once we have appreciable flight hours to look at. A lot can happen in 20 years but I can't see myself ever flying an MC-21 or C-919, though I won't fly on a MAX either.

boringuser2 3y ago

Their planes are just rip-offs straight from Boeing blueprints with even more corners cut.

asylteltine 3y ago

Ha, as if I would ever get on a Chinese plane. Have people learned nothing?

dkjaudyeqooe 3y ago

> Chinese COMAC seems to be on the verge of selling meaningful numbers to chinese airlines. That's easy when the PRC is mandating it, but given the hard earned safety record of say... Airbus, people are not in a rush to stake their lives and businesses on Chinese built aircraft. They're not exactly known for the transparency and integrity. In 20 years COMAC is likely to suffer multiple deadly crashes.

sagarkamat 3y ago
Does it matter though that the numbers are because of PRC tipping the scales? It worked for chinese internet and auto companies. Also, chinese manufacturing is obviously capable of high standards of manufacturing if they decide to. People forget how tenuous airbus once looked or how fast they scaled up

gn4d 3y ago

Was just about to type this. Hopeful for COMAC. Of course your post brought out a bunch of brainwashed racists, though.