Correct Closure of A/C
headphase:
Quote from: Sigma on July 31, 2010, 04:12:35 AM
If people want to continue ordering Classics even after Boeing's annonced the NG's, then that's their prerogative. And if they're going to order enough to keep the production line going, you can be sure that Boeing's going to continue making them. That's basic supply and demand at work. Only whenever that line gets too low would Boeing ever stop producing them.
Exactly - if people want to order an obsolete plane, let them; they're the ones who will simply be at a competitive disadvantage when they end up flying against the latest and greatest machines of their competitors. Likewise, if someone wants to order the dc-9, md-80, md-90, and 717 all at once, they are the ones who will have to deal with the commonality issues associated with that choice.
Quote from: Sigma on July 31, 2010, 04:12:35 AM
Perhaps it would make sense, if possible, to alter the guidelines of a line closure so that, in the case of a successor model being released, instead of having an empty queue in order to end taking orders, there has to be a significant reduction in standing orders. That should cause the line to close earlier in a more realistic fashion as opposed to having to wait for the queue to empty completely then a single order reopening it -- Boeing would never extend the production of Classics just because someone placed an order for 10 of them at the last minute. But if orders kept coming in then they'd keep making them until such a time as they stopped. If their new product isn't compelling enough to justify the wait then so be it -- that's market forces at work. Maybe we'd even get a situation where the successor model actually failed in AWS (not likely, but possible if upfront costs of new model are excessive), something our current production system actually supports. And I don't see any reason at all to change it.
I agree; while a product line shouldn't be forced to close just because a successor has been released, it also shouldn't continue to remain open-ended. A firm closure date should eventually be set. After all, even if some people still want the old model long after the new has come out, the manufacturer only has limited manufacturing capabilities/space and will not want to keep supporting a nearly-dead product while it's got a fresh new successor that;s already been established.
swiftus27:
the biggest problem, I still see is that the 737 was built in the same plant. Both of those planes need to be built on the same line. If you order a classic and a NG, they both shouldnt be able to arrive on the same day as if they come from two plants.
sami:
But what if they made another hangar for the new line? ;)
swiftus27:
Quote from: sami on August 04, 2010, 01:31:06 PM
But what if they made another hangar for the new line? ;)
rawr
sami:
Please list the models (fleets actually) that would be affected by this request..
http://www.airwaysim.com/Information/Aircraft/
737 classic vs. 737 NG
DC-9 vs. MD-80 (??)
MD-80 vs. MD-90/B717
B767 vs. B787
Bae146 vs. AVRO RJ
..(continuepls)
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