Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Boeing has a well established support network.
But it doesn’t have sims, parts, or type-certified pilots for the -5x, or even a flying prototype. And with the FAA under scrutiny for giving them too much license to self-certify on the MAX, they are not going to get any of that for a considerable time by which - as you mentioned - the niche will largely have been filled.
And SAF is still buying indulgences from the church of the envirowackoes. It makes more sense to continue to pump Jet-A and offset it by producing non-carbon power on the ground, through geothermal, hydroelectric (rare and inconsequential minnows be damned), and nuclear until we can get working fusion power plants. That’s still buying indulgences, but at least you are buying them at a cheaper rate.