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lostlogin on Oct 10, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ugliest Airplane Ever Built Predicted the Future

> engines were going the way of the dodo. Boeing recognized this too and the 747-8 was more to distract Airbus than a serious next generation.

Crediting Boeing with this intelligent move while they also stumbled though the 737 Max fiasco seems generous.

However massive companies can multitask, so maybe I need to be more generous.

bobthepanda on Oct 10, 2022 [–]

I mean, Boeing did well with the 787 while Airbus flubbed the A350 for a while, so it's not like there's just one successful thing Boeing has done in the last few decades.

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