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by aunty_helen
2639 days ago
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'Additionally, former Boeing CFO James Bell said during the company's second quarter 2011 earnings call, the research and development cost to Boeing to re-engine would be 10%-15% of the cost of a new airplane, which was at the time widely estimated by aerospace analysts to be $10-$12 billion' A factor of 10 cost difference 'if they had only done x' isn't realistic. Completely agree with your additional point though, the competition was the A320neo and the us vs them economics look better if you don't have to pay pilots to sit in a simulator and re cert. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/boeing-disputes-7... |
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