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Aside from the engines.
J-20 is now powered by Chinese WS-15. Y-20 is now powered by Chinese WS-20.
from whom have designs been stolen this time?
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Precisely. Who accurately predicted the shift from long-haul, high-capacity airliners to smaller, more fuel efficient airliners to fit with a hub-and-spoke model? Now layer that on top of the decade it takes to get a new plane from drawing board to delivery. From what I've read, it sounds like Boeing completely lucked into it . It wasn't some smart person who could accurately predict the future. And to be honest, a l…
A380 was the hub&spoke design, whereas 787 went for long range point to point that could fly with smaller airports
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I wonder why I'm being down-voted for this. Obviously I'm not advocating murder unless you really believe in time travel; it's a thought experiment about how the present would be different if this individual had not gotten to the position he did in the corporate world, similar to the questions about the effects of murdering Hitler before he joined the Nazis. My thought is that taking out baby Jack Welch probably woul…
> this gave them the luxury of building these companies into powerhouses that didn't have much competition to worry about and that could be idealistic and also wasteful. But this advantage eroded after several decades so it eventually became more important to maximize profitability and this required (or facilitated) someone like Welch. You've got it backwards. The current state of US business is ideologically driven…
That's true, but it seems like you're blaming Jack Welch for this. I think it was something that was going to happen anyway, and is simply a product of American culture.
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A380 was the hub&spoke design, whereas 787 went for long range point to point that could fly with smaller airports
Right. Boeing picked right and Airbus picked wrong. But was that better judgement or just a lucky guess?