Re:Boeing cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs with thousands ...
by throwanem on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @01:11PM
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No, and that's the point. The 757 is already a more capable airframe, for a start, and there's a lot more leeway for the same kinds of modernizations applied to the 737 before getting in trouble. Obvious example, more room under the wings, so you can use newer, larger, more quiet and efficient engines without running out of space and having to resort to the kind of CG-shifting "put the engine in front of the wing" hack that necessitated MCAS and doomed the MAX.
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Re:Boeing cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs with thousands ...
by Havoc on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @04:47PM
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You're still talking about modernizing a 40 year old design....by a company that fucked up a modernisation spectacularly.
>hack that necessitated MCAS and doomed the MAX.
The issue is not that the airframe required it but that the corporate culture looked at this issue and concluded lets do it. Lets do it DESPITE the problems...that's the company you've got leading the modernization of the 757 you propose.
Boeing will pull through with flying colours though. US won't allow their only commercial plane maker to fail even if they need to build planes out of freshly printed Papier-mâché dollars