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Old 12-15-2019 | 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by TFAYD
Ramp space?

The issue is working capital. Airlines pay 90% of the price upon delivery. No delivery - no cash. But Noeing has to pay their suppliers. That can only go in for so long.
If you don’t have room to put completed aircraft anyway your inability to afford the parts to assemble more becomes secondary.

And you don’t have to pay your workers if you lay them off. Better yet, the government will pay them, putting political pressure on the FAA to speed things up...
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