[ol' hoghead]

That’s not much in comparison to a whole composite plane I’d say.

It was the state of the art at the time.

[Rummenigge]

Sure - I remember that everyone said - now that’s the death of good ol’ metal constructions.

And agains deadsaid lived longer then expected.

It’s not so easy to design a whole aircraft in carbon. Maintainability is a key issue. Seems like boeing leaped a long distance - did they take a risk ? No leap without a risk.