Ok then so Boeing has a monopoly on design for many years and development is slooooooow. Then within 5 years (arbitrary amount) Airbus advance more than Boeing has done in 35 odd years and you still think Boeing is the greatest thing on earth. Jeez what will it take? If it wasn’t for the presence of Airbus just how advanced do you think the 777 would have really been? Would Boeing have bothered to actually to develop a 7e7 or would the have done the thing they are most skilled at…sitting back and forcing the airlines to stump up huge amounts for relatively expensive to run aircraft such as the 757 and 767?