Boeing Concerned about 321XLR Safety
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Boeing Concerned about 321XLR Safety
Their concern about fuel tanks seems a legit discussion item to me, but this kind of theoretically constructive industry commentary doesn't usually make the news.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-a...-idUSKCN2AU2RJ
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-a...-idUSKCN2AU2RJ
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A purpose-built mid-size plane would have to be more efficient than a stretch 321. If only they can build one before the XLR consumes all of the market niche...
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No, it was Boeing who tried to stretch an existing aircraft a model too far with the MAX. They should have had a 757 follow-on waiting in the wings a decade ago. Now they are trapped in lag for at least a few years, more likely a decade.
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Boeing has a well established support network.
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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.
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.
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