Originally Posted by
n9810f
Anyone who loves the 757 (or Boeing really for that matter) can thank Harry Stonechipher. He shut down the 757 with a big dick battle with Mullally. The 757 wasn't selling, Stonechipher called out Alan's cajones, challenged him that he didn't have the balls to shut down the 757 line - and Alan did, wanting the top job at Boeing Commercial. Such a shame. Imagine the 757 with a new wing and engines. The A321NEO is still a dog.
It'd be an uncomfortable narrow cabin with a new wing and engines that matches the new wing and engines of the wider cabin competition.