AA717driver said:
So now, they've lost the 100-110 seat market to Embraer. Good move Boeing...
TC
Actually, a very smart move. This market will get saturated very quickly just like the 50 seater market has being and it is a smaller market, If you look at the Lion's share for the missing link A/C It is a much less flexible market than the 50 seater because the void is not as big. The 50 seaters are already covering a huge market place within 400 nm of the hubs, the only thing that is left within that market is the most money producing routes in terms of volume because if you start stretching it over 600, 700nm's and beyond, it starts to loose money on those routes, it starts to infringe into the A-320's 737's sandbox. Now, as per the competition with EMB, Boeing knows that with the facilities, financial assistance and tax breaks that EMB are getting from their government (EMB, Share holders are a very influential group) and the labor costs that they can obtain from their workforce it is simply not worth it to produce two A/C types to cover the same market share and reducing the yield to be able to be competitive price wise. So, they are going to dedicate resources to higher yield production lines line the 787 And reduce overall cost by dedicating only the infrastructure required for one type of A/C to cover that specific market share. You have seen the 737 and the EMB- 190 side by side, right? Is the EMB a regional jet? Or isn't the 737 a regional jet as well? These two A/C's are very, very similar in terms of yield capacity the only difference is that labor groups have agreed to substandard wages to fly basically the same size airframe because of the stigma of EMB being a regional jet and the availability to outsource all supporting ground and maintenance personnel. This market will saturate very quickly.
We tend to relate A/C production management teams with Airline management teams just because they are both related to aviation. And you have to relate them more to, What? Oh, I would say Fast food market developers! They recognize market shares and attack it. And if a particular product doesn't fit into the market share available to them, they dump it without pride nor prejudice. "Double sized" worked for a while, now its is the salads and the yogurt.
Coffee is the latest trend of the fast food fast thinkers. These people are not Airline management's.
The frame will be sorrily missed, but perhaps like the retro Mustang or the VW Bug, it will return with vengeance. I'm a dreamer at heart. I'm still waiting for the DH Comet to come back.
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