Originally Posted by nopac6

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

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

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

Originally Posted by 82spukram

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