Originally Posted by georgetg

The dirty secret at Boing is they would be rolling in cash and pumping out planes had they just re-engined the 767. The resulting plane would cost less to produce, be a better performing plane than the 787-8 and Boeing would have a cool $6B sitting around to make a 737 replacement from scratch.

Instead, they decided that a HQ near the factory is not needed, the smart guy left to make cars, and the replacement guy ends up banging his secretary...

Cheers
George