[lp4vn]

>Makes me wonder how Boeing can avoid descending into bankruptcy at this point with multiple major projects having significant issues, recalls, and safety issues.

Boeing is a duopoly with Airbus and for putting in your hands in a brand new Airbus you will have to join the queue and wait five years. So they benefit from the lack of competition, if the merger with McDonnel had never happened, probably this situation would be different. But today's capitalism is all about consolidating and eliminating competition.

Embraer might try to venture in the wide body segment, but they don't seem willing to do that move.

[rmbyrro]

Embraer seems to have the highest standards, or very close to highest, in the industry now. But I think it's unlikely that they'll be capable and willing to compete with Boeing or Airbus in the near future.

[mikece]

I can't help but wonder how successful a project it would be if Embraer built a 757 clone (but with modern engines and cabin). If executed correctly that could put Embraer on an equal footing with Boeing and Airbus in the narrowbody market (and their C-390 is a widebody that could be modified into a passenger carrier...).