Originally Posted by
pseudoswede
Instead of sinking a ton of money on the NMA, Boeing probably would've been better off seeing if they could take the 767-200 frame, slap new engines and some carbon fiber on it, and called it the 752 replacement. Looking at an
older seat map, it could've been configured to pretty much have the same capacity as the 752.
That's what Airbus did with the A330neo, and its doing just fine. (and without the carbon). They could do it as the 783 like they originally intended, perhaps now a diet 787 would work better with their remaining budget. Or since they now have Embraer, using the E-jets thru the 130 seat market and creating a 797 as a slightly upscaled and upranged (from 738 to 73-11 stretched type)., they seem to do better with stretches.
I am also baffled as to why in the age of CAD that it costs so many billions for a relatively simple aircraft development. They were doing far more impressive work in the 50's and 60's with slide rules.