[SkyDancer]

With Boeing it’s cheaper to pay claims than it is to fix problems.

[Yo-Yo]

A title they are sure to lose in 2020 when the 737 MAX is recertified and all of the backlogged aircraft are finally delivered.

[Zathras]

I was really impressed with the ride on the AB380 flying from San Francisco to Italy.

[Larry Lucido]

Okay, totally misread the headline. I though, “Even if the crew are topless, I wouldn’t fly on Airbus.”

[RayChuang88]

Airbus did a very wise thing: they bought 51% of Bombardier's C Series airliner program and will soon have TWO factories in North America building the plane. This is why I say the likes of Southwest Airlines may be secretly eyeing a deal with Airbus to buy the A220-300 (formerly Bombardier CS300) to replace the oldest 737-700's, some of which are now over 20 years old. And because of the very quiet engines on the A220-300, that makes the plane far more capable of extended operating hours out of several noise-controlled airports in California: San Jose International, Hollywood-Burbank, Ontario, John Wayne Orange County and San Diego International.

[Bonemaker]

“Airbus topples Boeing as biggest plane maker”

Just a symptom of the wretched state of PC social justice warrior corporate America.

[Bonemaker]

“...has reported just 30 new orders...”

They want them for aviation curio museums.

[cranked]

Boeing brought it upon itself with the 737 max fiasco.....but yeah, Euroweenie’s celebrating like 1999.....

[minnesota_bound]

No wonder the ceo was fired. He will only get $30 to $40 million for his golden parachute. If only the victims of Boeing had parachutes.

[Kickass Conservative]

737 MAX is like New Coke and the Edsel. The only difference is only one of the three killed 340 People.

Once an Airline puts the 737 MAX back into service, the reaction of the paying Passengers will determine its fate.

There may well be a backlash that will doom the Plane. Boeing survived the original 737 Rudder issue that caused two fatal Plane Crashes and they survived the Battery Fire issue on the 787.

The 737 Max may be a bridge too far. Time will tell.

[pepsi_junkie]

Boeing looks like it is in a death spiral. They put all their eggs in adapting their top aircraft to counter a brand new Airbus plane and it resulted in deaths and ongoing hemorrhaging of bad press ever since. Did they know? Did they cover it up? Did they bribe FAA officials or just take advantage of them? Et Cetera. In the meantime those planes they put all their eggs in are sitting in hangars and no new orders are coming in, only lawsuits.

But maybe they have some solution to turn it around. I hope so, most of the aircraft industry in the USA used to be in California and they destroyed it so all that's left is Boeing and the defense aircraft manufacturers (and you can't fly coach in an F-35).

Probably they will be deemed too big to fail and bailed out.

[deport]

Air plane manufacturers around the world. Many more than
I would have guessed.

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[Captain Jack Aubrey]

This is a sad day.