Originally Posted by dilanesp

The problem I have with this analysis is the treatment of the Boeing/Airbus rivalry and the "lack of interest" in a clean sheet narrowbody as somehow justifying what Boeing did. If it really was impossible to put out a new plane that avoided the design defect of the MAX, another option was to put out no new plane at all and cede that end of the market to Airbus.

The point is anything is better than putting too large an engine onto a 50 year old design and causing two crashes and hundreds of fatalities. So what if Boeing loses some market share or puts out a plane nobody buys? That pales in comparison to what Boeing actually did.