Industry rumor is that they're too distracted right now to commit to NMA this summer. And there are still unresolved issues such as is the market big enough?

The general public will forget about the MAX as soon as the media stops reporting about it. People forget after 2 weeks of not hearing some bit of news.

With that said, Boeing should pull its head out of its rear end and build the 797 / NMA, or whatever they are going to call it.

They can't afford screwing the pooch one more time. The 787 development was a cluster and now they have a helmet fire with the MAX.

Yes, I fly the 737, but the ship sailed on that 1958 designed tube a long time ago.

The public might have short memory but I just think that there's been paradigm shift in the minds of the airlines that bought/ordered the MAX that it's just too scarred a variant to be enthusiastic about it any more.

The 737 will not be produced forever and if there's any moment that sounded the death nell of this aircraft, the MCAS fiasco has got to be it.

No, because nothing else Boeing has competes with the NEO today. The MAX will be here to stay.

After watching a portion of a company webcast in which a question was asked regarding the max and potential passengers reaction to it, my impression following the management answer was that Alaska is still extremely enthusiastic about the max.
Just imagine they could order 50 or so max 9s park the 72 airbuses and try to call it growth.

Here’s a little fuel for the fire. I’ve been hearing the same rumor from different people that BM told the pilots of a flight he was on, an order for 101 Max’s is coming. I’d normally chalk it up to the usual “blah blah” but 101 seems rather specific. Where’s MEA to verify this :D

Nothing like putting all the company eggs in one basket, eh boys?

It's worked fine for Southwest for decades.

At this point, I don’t care what hatches, I’ll just be happy to have any eggs in the basket. We need mainline growth, who cares what airframe it come in the form of?

101-73(Airbus)=28 airframe growth minus any 700s that are leaving the property. Also over what time frame would the order be? It’s a big order if true, but what does it mean to the pilot group as far as growth.