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Bye bye Boeing
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<blockquote data-quote="Richard L" data-source="post: 970847" data-attributes="member: 52972"><p>I think American companies like Boeing are going down the drain because of poor management decisions.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I have flown on a number of Airbus planes and they seem to be just as safe and comfortable as any Boeing plane I have flown on.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>About 30 years ago when the 747 was the top of the line Boeing aircraft, it had very limited appeal to the airlines. There just are not that many routes that can fill a plane that large.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I flew on a Lufthansa 747 from New York to Frankfurt, Germany back in 1978 when the 747 was in it's prime. It is amazing that such a huge vehicle could actually get off the ground, but I also think that was it's biggest problem. It has a very large first-class section that cannot be easily partitioned into a smaller section and I think the airlines were hoping to sell more First-Class tickets. The Concorde Supersonic Jet suffered from the same over-pricing of tickets, which had a very limited market.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>...Rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard L, post: 970847, member: 52972"] I think American companies like Boeing are going down the drain because of poor management decisions. I have flown on a number of Airbus planes and they seem to be just as safe and comfortable as any Boeing plane I have flown on. About 30 years ago when the 747 was the top of the line Boeing aircraft, it had very limited appeal to the airlines. There just are not that many routes that can fill a plane that large. I flew on a Lufthansa 747 from New York to Frankfurt, Germany back in 1978 when the 747 was in it's prime. It is amazing that such a huge vehicle could actually get off the ground, but I also think that was it's biggest problem. It has a very large first-class section that cannot be easily partitioned into a smaller section and I think the airlines were hoping to sell more First-Class tickets. The Concorde Supersonic Jet suffered from the same over-pricing of tickets, which had a very limited market. ...Rich [/QUOTE]
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