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You know there are other aircraft manufacturers right? Embraer, Bombardier, Mitsubishi etc. Sure they can't just spin up a fully working airliner production lin
by denkmoon 3y ago
You know there are other aircraft manufacturers right? Embraer, Bombardier, Mitsubishi etc. Sure they can't just spin up a fully working airliner production line tomorrow, but Boeing going away isn't an apocalypse level event.
- dheera 3y agoOK so maybe we should collectively agree as a species to bid up the stocks of these companies before bidding down the stocks of Boeing so that they have time to ramp up production.
- dylan604 3y agoHow many of those other vendors named are US companies? I'm sympathetic to the idea of attempting to keep US capabilities in this field a viable option. Sadly, those efforts were bamboozled to look like a boondoggle instead of actual strategic value.
- denkmoon 3y agoNot being a US citizen, I don't have much sympathy. If the US degrades its strategic military capability by playing capitalist race-to-the-bottom sillybuggers, that's their lookout.
- CaptainZapp 3y ago> Embraer, Bombardier, Mitsubishi Except for Embraer, which has a foothold in the regional jet market, none is relevant. Mitsubishi is not able to bring a regional jet to fruition and Bombardier (which designed an excellent plane) is now Airbus (the A220 series).
- denkmoon 3y agoGiven a gap in the market I don't see why Mitsubishi or Bombardier couldn't fill that gap. Bombardier only sold their airliner capability due to Boeing/US trade fuckery. Mitsubishi can make fighter jets, rockets and warships so I don't see why an airliner is such a stretch. Again, sure they don't have that capability today, but GP seems to think if Boeing goes away we'd be doomed.