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Re:Is America Inc getting less dynamic, less global and more... by selfhoster11 on Thursday September 16, 2021 @07:16AM (#28550285)
Yes, but come on. 1967. We surely have made a lot of progress since then. 50 years of holding back is a bit much. Are we going to still hear "but retraining is soooooo difficult" in 2067?
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Re:Is America Inc getting less dynamic, less global and more... by bobthepanda on Saturday September 18, 2021 @02:11AM (#28574107)
retraining isn't difficult but retraining is expensive.

Southwest, Ryanair and their competition are literally nickel and diming everything to offer ever cheaper seats to fliers. Until that changes, airlines will balk at new aircraft.

It's why 737Max was developed instead of NMA; Airbus came out with the 320 and 330neo series, which did not require retraining.

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Re:Is America Inc getting less dynamic, less global and more... by gruez on Thursday September 16, 2021 @01:43PM (#28554743)
maybe we reached peak aircraft? After all, we don't complain that we're using a knife design from a few hundred years ago.
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