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> Edit: I realise [sic] COVID. But that's the excuse, not the reason.

Not sure how it's not the reason? (Or, at least a major reason?)

I think there's two things going on:

1. The long-term vision at Boing: the investment in R&D, etc.

2. The short-term cashflow issues.

No amount of vision is going to save you from the cashflow crunch that a 96% drop in air travel is going to cause. [1]

[1] https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/09/politics/airline-passengers-d...

To put this a different way: How could Boing have positioned itself to handle a dramatic drop in orders?



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