Originally Posted by nopac6 (Post 2385498)

So according to your way of thinking the 777 A domestic is "bigger" than the 777 A int'l configuration? Even though they're exactly the same airplane?

Originally Posted by UAL T38 Phlyer (Post 2385113)

Touche (pun intended).;)

For me, the observation at Boeing was the revolutionary stuff was mostly 25 years ago.

Could it be those guys are all retired?

My personal belief is there has been a huge paradigmal shift in engineers over the last 30 years. I was a paper, drafting board, calculator engineer, with a lot of time tearing apart greasy things, such as engines, brakes, pumps, toaster, VCRs...

Sometimes I could even put it back together again.

Today, college engineering is largely CAD/CAM, and I have met VERY few high school kids who can even change the oil in a car.

Does it matter? Maybe not.

But I suspect "nuts and bolts" engineering creates an awareness that "virtual drafting" can never replace.

As for Airbus: agreed that the 380 is a technical triumph, but financial failure.

I think the 321NEO will be a success in the same way as the 777-300.

The 350 is too early to tell, but I think it will be almost as successful as the 787. Market 60% 787; 40% 350.

Originally Posted by MasterOfPuppets (Post 2385504)

Yep.......although 777A intl doesn't exist anymore

Originally Posted by 82spukram (Post 2385568)

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