• fne8w2ah@lemmy.worldOP
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      That’s because they are pretty much running at full capacity for the next few years or so.

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      When you are committing billions to an inventory you don’t jump ship to the alternative provider. You start your RFP process again.

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      Switching planes also means recertification of pilots, which is a long and expensive process.

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        1 month ago

        and that’s cheap compared to the maintenance changeovers for sure, but how many times does boeing need to fuck up righteously until they burn all their bridges lol

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      It will take years if not decades for Boeing fail to play on the market.