True but I don't think anyone contests that the 777's we really want are dramatically overpriced with the insane fake royal emerati bubble. Why would Boeing bother dealing with dying small fries when they can get in bed with the new world airline young money crowd for great success?

Ooooo, an RFP for a couple dozen widebodies? That's adorable. Sure, here's our offer. You can meet us in Dubai to sign the papers if you have the cash, and we'll totally check our voicemails every few weeks for your response. Meanwhile we've got record orders to announce every day that dwarf anything you can ever come up with.

We are trash to Boeing. They will sell US airlines widebody planes at fake bubble market prices if we buy them, but they don't care about any of us. They have already picked a side and it ain't us.