Boeing Sales and Profits Plummet as 737 Max Crisis Continues

Re:Boeing Sales and Profits Plummet as 737 Max Crisis Continues by disordinary on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @07:55PM (#21340285)

There's quite a few competitors in the narrow body space like the 737: Airbus, Bombadier, Embraer, Irkut, COMAC, etc. The lack of competition is in wide body aircraft (With Airbus and Boeing being the only players although there will be the Craic at some point in the next couple of years).

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Re:Boeing Sales and Profits Plummet as 737 Max Crisis Continues by CaptainZapp on Thursday October 24, 2019 @06:18AM (#21343128)

> Bombadier

If you're refering to the C series, that's now essentially a product provided by Airbus (under the A220 monikker).

> COMAC

Not viable. Not for the next couple decades. The reason is not that the Chinese are not able to build an airworthy plane in a few years time. The main problem will be the service offerings to an international clientele. Let's just say that China's pencheant for cutting corners is not conductive to trust into their service offerings, including the provision of critical spare parts.

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Re:Boeing Sales and Profits Plummet as 737 Max Crisis Continues by DuskStar on Thursday October 24, 2019 @02:33AM (#21342191)

> although there will be the Craic at some point in the next couple of years

The CR929? That thing? [0]

I think that if people are still complaining about Boeing's safety record and obfuscation when that goes into service, the'll start to relearn what real obfuscation looks like... (Russian airliners do not have the best safety reputation, to say the least)

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRAIC_CR929

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