Originally Posted by
PNWFlyer
when did Airbus last do a clean sheet design and when will the next one be?
A350?
But regarding narrowbodies, if both mfgs just keep re-hashing their current designs airbus still has a 20-year advantage in technology out of the gate.
Originally Posted by
PNWFlyer
who did the most recent clean sheet design and how did that work out for them?
Airbus? A350?
Seems to be going OK.
Originally Posted by
PNWFlyer
love how you all think this is as easy as it sounds.
BCA top management recently said that they have no timelne for a new NB design, the technology doesn't exist, and they'll look at it for the next decade.
Some mitigation in their favor... they may be afraid to commit to a clean-sheet design ($$$) at this moment while there's a real looming possibility that carbon hysteria will drive a need for drastic changes to current operations, which could include radical technology and designs. It would suck to make the multi- $B R&D investment now only to have the new design outlawed and have to repeat the whole process in ten or fewer years. Personally I think that's just a bean-counter excuse, not any sort of great vision, but it could turn out to be a good play.
I think their WB product line is adequate for a while.
But with all that said, I think this door incident is just going to come down to a very localized QA issue and will be easy to fix. Door frames are not hard technology, I'm sure the design is just fine, and has been for a long time. The install work was probably done on a Fri afternoon in a weed-legal state.