Originally Posted by
Erroneous
“Ahead of its earnings report next week, Boeing on Thursday said it will report an after-tax charge of $4.9 billion related to its grounded 737 Max jets.”
So how much did Boeing stand to gain? I’m sure well north of this figure. Seems like a nice compensation until reality sets in about how many this gets divided up for. Wish they would have just restarted the 757 line, updated with composites/engines/new wing etc. for a cheaper operating cost, but the orders would never have been as high due to the “Southwest” factor.
Why do people think you can just “restart” the 757 line? The tooling has been destroyed long ago and the many suppliers are no longer in the picture. Changing to composites/new wing would be a new airplane anyway.