You have to remember that Boeing is based in CHICAGO. Additionally, the Machinists Union dominates Everett WA based Boeing where the plane will be assembled. Is there any doubt in anybody’s mind that the combination of Chicago and Union Politics has rigged this thing in favor of Boeing. I feel sorry for the good people of non-union Mobile Alabama who won this competition fair and square and lost it to political scheming.
The aircraft the N/G bid used was not ideally suited to the job, it was TOO BIG!