Did you see this in #38 above?
"Bair says that the structural improvements will result in a 5% efficiency gain and Boeing is looking at how to introduce the changes into the 787-8/9. "We could do a block change," he says, where a new build standard is introduced from a certain line number. "We're going to move the performance goal posts [that Airbus is aiming at with the A350 specification]," says Bair."
Real competition - something Airbust will never learn from as long as Senators and other politicians are in the mix.
Not that they are necessarily wrong, just that as long as Airbust gets taxpayer money; they'll never figure it out. Boeing is already ahead of the game, and the 787 hasn't even flown yet.
Some industries seem to have that moving target that others are always shooting at without leading.