Originally Posted by
e6bpilot
Ortberg traveled to Rolls Royce and they are claiming to be able to produce an engine with a 20 percent advantage over the 320 NEO. With airframe advances, could be over 30 percent.
Lots of fluff about keeping under wraps because they are concentrating on certifying and producing current catalog of planes.
Normally I would be encouraged by R&D but in Boeing's case I'd rather they focus on certifying the sh!t that was supposed to be ready 10 years ago!