Re:EU countries team up for semiconductor push
by dtech on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @12:01PM
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Their customers are not responsible for putting a defective product with insufficient operator training which has cost hundreds of human lives.
Maybe they are responsible for pressuring Boeing too much, but Boeing put defective airplanes on the market
Re:EU countries team up for semiconductor push
by modo_mario on Thursday December 10, 2020 @05:00AM
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> they didn't do it as some nefarious cost cutting measure. They did it because American and Southwest said they wanted nothing to do with a "797" and threatened to switch to Airbus.
so a nefarious moneygrabbing measure?
Unfortunately Boeing doesn't have a huge list of customers that are willing to spend what it costs to switch to a new airframe. They sell to airlines what airlines want to buy. Airlines wanted a 737 with higher bypass engines and that's exactly what they got.
Boeing deserves what they get for pushing a faulty design out the door but they didn't do it as some nefarious cost cutting measure. They did it because American and Southwest said they wanted nothing to do with a "797" and threatened to switch to Airbus.