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by 7952 2343 days ago
The capital cost of the 737 Max fleet is likely to be at least $20 billion. Do you think the airlines or Boeing are just going to write that off?
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That's not really Boeing or the airlines call. If the relevant certification authorities refuse to certify it, then it isn't going to fly no matter how much Boeing or the airlines want it too.

It is going to be interesting to see how it goes. That it has taken this long to fix, points to it being, at a minimum a lot harder to fix that first suspected, and it might even be unfixable given the laws and regulation around airtravel.

We are going to see normal fares for Max flights and increased fares for those who don't want to fly on Max.
Do you think they won't get bailouts?
To get a bailout they need to act as if it were important.