Picking up isolated incidents is perhaps not terrible fair though. I’m sure if there were any safety concerns about any aircraft civil aviation authorities both here and across the Pond would jump on it fairly quickly.

As for which aircraft is better, well it’s a never-ending argument. Only the other day someone was saying that price is only one consideration to take when buying an aircraft. If some models were bad value for money airlines wouldn’t buy them, end of. However if one model is only marginally better than other, and the latter is considerably cheaper then yes, it’d be stupid for airlines not to buy them- they’re going to save themselves a lot of money (i.e. earn more) which is the aim of the company in the first place.

And I suspect that in many cases we’re talking about performance. So much as it might excite pilots and aviation enthusiasts alike, I suspect airlines don’t care much for superior power, massive engines, good looks or impressive climb rates but for economics, cost per trip or maintenance costs. So the answer of ‘which aircraft is better’ depends in most cases on who is asking the question.

Don’t know where you have been for the past 4 years, but not too many airlines are making profits these days, just record losses.

So yeah, it’s a miracle they are still running.

But is that because of the choice of aircraft they operate? I very much doubt it. As a matter of fact, it’d be interesting to see the breakdown of airlines in financial trouble by aircraft manufacturer :rolleyes: 😉

The point I was trying to make is that if Airbus aircraft were so bad why on earth is it the best selling manufacturer in the world? Judging by comments heard on various aviation forums it’s some kind of miracle the buses don’t fall off the sky! And yet airlines keep buying them by the bucketload, and they do generally fine. So are airline bosses completely incompetent and riding on their luck? Should they step down immediately and let aviation enthusiasts take charge of the airlines, since they clearly know which aircraft to buy and which to give a miss?

Or perhaps things tend to get blown out of all proportion sometimes?

You haven’t flown Airbus Sandy? You really don’t know what you’re missing mate.

😉 😀

That’s right, Boeing would not take the risk of bullying a government, when bribing its officials is so much easier and more effective !

The US government is more than happy to bully foreign governments on Boeing’s behalf anyway, if that Indian government officer is to be believed.

The 737NG is on a roll and is enjoying some well earned success lately.
Just shows that these things come and go like a see-saw.

Though I beleive the recent successes are due to the reorganisation of Boeing as a whole. Ever since they got Stonecipher back… Boeing has been getting steadily more aggressive. And now they have a new head salesman its seems to be paying off, even without Stonecipher now.

I said it last year that “Now that Boeing has a new CEO expect a more aggressive sales pitching”.
I told ya’ll so 🙂

Either that or they’ve started to sell them cheap 😉

Just kidding. Great news for Boeing.