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Zigurdyesterday at 8:33 PM2 repliesview on HN

Indeed. Backlogs can evaporate. Can you imagine anyone taking delivery of a newly built 737 in 10 years? 7 years? Theoretically, that's part of the backlog.


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mh-yesterday at 10:06 PM

> Can you imagine anyone taking delivery of a newly built 737 in 10 years?

..yes? Companies are still placing orders, despite knowing how long the backlog is. I also expect the 737s will still be sold in 20+ years time, much less 7-10.

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karamanolevyesterday at 8:54 PM

Why not taking delivery of a current plane in 7 years? What do you think the development, testing, certification and production scaling timeline is of a brand new airframe?