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| Domagoj T:
--- Quote from: floobydust on March 18, 2020, 07:40:06 am ---They are crying to Congress for a $60 billion bailout package for the industry :palm: --- End quote --- I wonder who would be getting the larges cut of that industry wide bailout package. |
| Gyro:
I would have thought it would have given them a bit of breathing space to get their act together. It takes the pressure off the grounded 737Max's a bit when the airlines haven't actually got any passengers to fly in them! Still, any excuse for a handout! ::) |
| Domagoj T:
Of course it would help them, but the question is should they be helped? Sounds awfully like socialism, which of course is a big no no. Also, what about 101 other niche industry that is affected just as much? |
| tom66:
Whenever companies cry for a bailout because they are facing hard times, but lobby for tax cuts and reduction worker/union rights, and refuse to increase the pay of their employees, I can't help but think: socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor. |
| SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: Psi on March 18, 2020, 05:25:44 am --- --- Quote from: SiliconWizard on March 17, 2020, 05:54:01 pm --- --- Quote from: EEVblog on March 17, 2020, 09:44:44 am ---They'll just rename it. --- End quote --- If they do, the info will spread in a matter of a few hours on all media and social networks. Everyone will know it's just the same. --- End quote --- Unlikely. i think you are making the assumption that the general public care about stuff the way engineers do. They would wait a little while and do a strategic re-brand. Now would be the perfect time to do it, while the news is all just coronavirus. --- End quote --- Uh huh. The Boeing disaster has been on all media for months. Even if you don't care about that, you're very likely to have heard about it. You probably also underestimate the "power" of social networks these days. Sure the attention is currently on the virus, but since it's very unlikely at this point Boeing is going to get approval before the end of the year, by then it'll make a lot of fuss again IMO. Heck, we don't even know whether Boeing is going to stay alive at this point. And you're like it will just be a matter of a name change? I have no clue what is going to happen exactly, but it's time for a reality check IMO. No one expected the situation to get this bad. As to airlines - it's obvious this causes a big problem. Those that placed large orders are basically trapped. Even if they wanted to cancel the orders - which they would have all ground to do IMO - they probably just could not, due to the very long lead times, so I can see why they would try and stick to it the longest they can as long as they are reasonably sure that the 737 MAX will be able to fly again before they could get a chance to have an equivalent order to a competitor get delivered. So yeah, they are basically screwed up, and if it ever happened that Boeing was eventually unable to deliver, said airlines would likely be in big trouble as well for lack of planes. So yeah, I'm not sure how it's going to end up exactly, but I'm just seeing a possible scenario in which it won't end well. Meanwhile, others are more optimistic. |
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