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Boeing is not the only US airplane manufacturer, it is the only commercial airplane (airliner) manufacturer.
by nickff 2y ago
Boeing is not the only US airplane manufacturer, it is the only commercial airplane (airliner) manufacturer.
- quickthrowman 2y agoIf someone refers to Boeing as the sole domestic airplane manufacturer, I would assume they also know that Cessna exists but are referring to the Boeing/Airbus duopoly.
- nickff 2y agoI’ve never heard anyone else mention Boeing as “the sole domestic airplane manufacturer”, given that Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are still around. I follow aviation quite closely, and the trade magazines are always quite clear on this sort of thing.
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- eastbound 2y agoI would say it’s the international repercussions that put pressure: - Boeing’s home customers don’t really have a choice, - European customers really have an incentive to switch, even possibly Ryanair, since Boeing is a laughing stock and planes-that-are-losing-doors are a meme for internet-oriented people in Europe, - But it also has an impact on diplomacy and on american hegemony when everyone turns away from them for industrial competence. And it’s rather the loss of the leadership of the role of the world’s safety organization of the FAA, when it was only the European safety organization who halted this nonsense.