Aha, I was just on Airliners and saw this:
"The 737MAX is the slightly to largely inferior offering compared to the 32xNeo; the 787 is too expensive to build and won't command the selling price Boeing hoped for due to the A330/A330neo; the 777 Classic is largely doomed because of the A350 and the 747 is, for all intents and purposes, dead and buried. Boeing's hopes now hinges on the 3rd evolution of the 777, hoping Airbus will sit still with their A350 development, and a vague plan of coming up with a A321neo 'killer'.
At the same time Boeing are raising the dividends, buying back stock and paying out bonuses - if the word on this thread are to be taken at face value.
I'm quite certain Boeing will not go even mildly down the drain, but it's not the first time the company has lost its way on the commercial side of the business. I think their biggest problems are that the 787 has failed to deliver on its dual promises of much lower production costs and angel of death to the A330, that the 737MAX has not been able to present a convincing enough argument, and that they are still embracing the MCD culture of applying ever increasing layers of lipstick to their pigs, all whilst wallowing in corporate arrogance. The 777X won't save either of that, if it'll save anything at all."
Reminds me of MCI, eh? Except MCI doesn't even have a 777X.
Then I saw this:
"In 2008-1010 I pointed out that with the unprecedented overruns in the 787 program, I was reasonably convinced that the program would not be able to break even to well over 1,000 frames.
I was laughed at and told I was stupid and knew nothing about airplane programs. Well, with 1,143 frames on order, Boeing is still not able to make a profit off of the 787. And now, with the information in this article, it seems as if the 787 program may never be profitable.
In general, I've seen a sense of arrogance and complacency out of Boeing since around 2002-3. Looks like those chickens are coming home to roost."
Reminds me of being "told" by the "bus industry professionals".
