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Boeing's basically a defunct company at this point, no? (Yes, there are still outstanding contracts, carriers don't like mixed fleets, etc, but... in terms of
by groby_b 2y ago
Boeing's basically a defunct company at this point, no?
(Yes, there are still outstanding contracts, carriers don't like mixed fleets, etc, but... in terms of quality I can't see anybody saying "Yeah, Boeing, we're going there, that's the best you can buy")
- wongarsu 2y agoBoing won't be allowed to fail until there's another American company building large passenger aircraft at scale.
- kotaKat 2y agoAirbus Alabama laughs off in the distance.
- kube-system 2y agoFor defense purposes, it's desirable to have both the facilities and the full organizational hierarchy under direct legal jurisdiction.
- thedman9052 2y agoOn the defense side, Boeing may be "too big to fail". After the the post Cold War consolidation, losing any of the big 5 USG contractors (Lockheed, Northrop, Boeing, Raytheon, General Dynamics) would blow a huge hole in the industry. It's likely they'll be kept afloat with token contracts until they can get it back together. On the commercial side, Airbus is the only real alternative. I'm sure this is great for them but realistically how much of Boeing's market share could they scale up to fill? Embraer doesn't do large jets and the other manufacturers are Russian and Chinese.
- tim333 2y agoThey have a new CEO who's going to try to fix things. I wish him luck.