re: Brutal article about Boeing

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- The 757 airframe should not have been hastily retired after 9/11. Instead it should have been modified. Then there'd be no reason for a MAX-9 or MAX-10 (or a A321).

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Sales were declining for the 757 with airlines interested in smaller aircraft. The Max 8/9/10 all have fewer seats in a two class configuration than any model of the 757.

I guess Boeing could have gone the route they went in the early 60s by shrinking the 707 into the 720, or the later 747SP, but continuing production and development of the 737 Next Generation made far more sense.