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"We" is Boeing. No one else was buying them and they had no reason to keep the line operational. That's a massive expensive for a private corporation to take on
by Jtsummers 2y ago
"We" is Boeing. No one else was buying them and they had no reason to keep the line operational. That's a massive expensive for a private corporation to take on.
- kelnos 2y agoWould it have made sense for the military to pay them some amount yearly just to keep the production line ready to build new planes if the need arose? Otherwise, what happens if/when existing C-17s are destroyed or damaged beyond repair? Does the military just live with having one fewer C-17, until they eventually have none left? (And hope that there is some replacement plane that's being produced by the time they're starting to feel the shortage?)
- Jtsummers 2y agoThey'll build more cargo planes. > Does the military just live with having one fewer C-17, until they eventually have none left? Yes, 744 B-52s were built and were down to 76 in inventory. Eventually every aircraft gets replaced with something.