They have had them for decades on milcraft.
I just wonder if Boeing can survive thd 737 Max thing. I think the public will refuse to fly on them ever. That is a LOT of inventory to ge restocked with no buyers.
I know orders have halted and production stopped. The inevitable lawsuits from airliners are already queuing up.
Boeing’s stock price is the same as it was last October. The Fake News is distorting the situation.
I just wonder if Boeing can survive thd 737 Max thing. I think the public will refuse to fly on them ever. That is a LOT of inventory to ge[t] restocked with no buyers.We're talking about a $100 million airplane, not a pair of shoes. Boeing is not going to 'take back' the aircraft, and the vast majority of the 5,000 737 MAX aircraft that are on back order will be delivered.
5,000 aircraft times $100 million each equals $500 billion dollars in revenue. Boeing has an incentive to get the MAX right.
Boeing has already completed the software update, flight tested it, demonstrated it to all of their major airline customers, and has submitted it to the FAA and international governmental bodies for certification and subsequent MAX return to service.
Because of the international regulatory bodies, Boeing is now estimating late July to early August to get approval.
I know orders have halted and production stopped. The inevitable lawsuits from airliners are already queuing up.
Boeing has not halted MAX production. They have slowed production and delayed the planned increased production rate.
You are correct, Boeing is going to face a lot of lawsuits, both from the families of the victims, and from airlines like Southwest that had to park their new aircraft. Boeing has almost $7 billion cash on hand as of the end of Q1 2019, so they are in an OK position to settle those lawsuits.
As someone who’s an Executive Platinum member of a major airline, and who grew up in a family of military and commercial pilots, and who raised a son who is an aerospace engineer working on the Mars project, I can tell you I will NOT board a 737 Max even after re-cert.
I refuse to fly a commercial airframe that can not maintain level flight without a software “fix”.