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Originally Posted by Dang3r
So far so good. And Boeing builds a 787 with dangerous batteries and every modelbuilder had tell them before whats the risks of those mounted ones are. What was the result: A longer forced downtime and the laughter from more experienced engineers 
Lets not start to pull more one-armed-bandits than necessary. I'd started with Airbus in the very early 80s on an A300 and had former done some F/E trainings on a 707 and also on the 727. At that time Airbus has had the more future related aircrafts and Boeing had wasted a lot of time with old fashioned things until the 777 came out. Sometimes you make your decision and Im an Airbus man since then. Thats means not Im a Boeing hater, but sometimes they got us scratching our heads and ask "how could they"?
Whats would come very interesting is the thing, how your new prez would handle the "homemade things", I mean if he forces your airlines to stop all Airbus orders and lay strictly onto Boeing? |
You are delusional or just an Airbus lover despite reality.
The 787 is an amazing plane that had a problem in the beginning, like many new designs. They are well past it. I'm speaking about the viability and demand/profitability of the aircraft. The 787 is absolutely destroying the A380 and the 777X will finish the job. Airlines clearly want 787s...you seen the orders?
The A380 is already seen as a failure. It has made 200 deliveries with another ~100 that may or may not all be filled and they are down to <1 plane/month. This is reality.
The 787 has already made 500 deliveries with another 700 on order today. The 787 is more versatile, efficient, and more comfortable.
The A380 is an amazing plane, but it's not profitable and airlines don't like running them. It was a stupid concept that Boeing released research saying wouldn't work and they were right. Boeing abandoned the "super jumbo" concept and went with a direct to destination approach because it's what people want. Passengers don't want to travel to hubs and change planes to get to their final destination, period.