Originally Posted by
ASA_1
The 777X will most certainly NOT be scrapped, that suggestion is laughable - it’s a completely different airplane with completely different systems and control laws. It’s first flight is a few months away.
Originally Posted by
spin88
(3) there is no way that Boeing scraps the 777x. The first flight tests are coming up shortly, and there is no way having invested probably $5-6B (or more) that Boeing dumps the program, spends $20B on a new clean sheet A/C that does not come out for 5 years. Boeing has a major problem with the larger size MAX (which is a piss poor plane compared to the A321) and is focused on the the MOM plane at this point. There are not engineering resources to take on another program.
Yes, scrapped was a poor choice of words. There is ZERO chance they will scrap the program.
However, I should have emphasized a new build/design issues/significant delays/etc, rather then just changing to a composite wing and new engines (as seems to be the publicly perceived issue that has contributed to the max issues).