Boeing had another weak month for aircraft sales in May, taking orders for just four new planes
  • Snapz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    122·
    5 months ago

    You think it had anything to do with those planes breaking apart in the sky?

      • Tja@programming.devEnglish
        95·
        5 months ago

        Well, you might have a point. I’m a millenial and I didn’t buy a single Boeing last month. Damn you, cancel culture!

        • Fester@lemm.eeEnglish
          56·
          5 months ago

          I wish I could afford a Boeing, but I go to Starbucks 35,000 times a day.

            • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              12·
              5 months ago

              You say that in jest but I am a former flight instructor that isn’t particularly interested in going flying ever again, not since I dropped out of mechanic school anyway.

          • ours@lemmy.worldEnglish
            21·
            5 months ago

            If you had cut out the avocado toast, you could have afforded your own wide-body jet liner before your 30s.

              • Billiam@lemmy.worldEnglish
                9·
                5 months ago

                That’s how we know you’re not a millennial. A real millennial knows that’s only one week’s worth of 'cado toast.

              • Tja@programming.devEnglish
                3·
                5 months ago

                Well, it’s only 6.4 million Avocado toasts if you save some money on bolts…

            • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
              9·
              5 months ago

              It’s not needed. Need to think about the sentence.

              How could millennials really be affecting aircraft sales? Obviously they couldn’t, therefore the comment makes no sense if considered literally. However often millennials are blamed for everything else, so perhaps it’s an amusing comment related to that phenomenon.

              • WldFyre@lemm.eeEnglish
                5·
                5 months ago

                I know engineers at my work that would say equally dumb things like that unironically and mean it lol

                I also don’t get people’s aversion to /s, do they also only speak in monotone?

              • HollandJim@lemmy.worldEnglish
                5·
                5 months ago

                But if you think about it, millennials could be pushing a dialogue in popular media that Boeing is part of the big industrial war machine, and deserves to die. I’ve heard lesser fabricated arguments on the Internet.

                In any event, thanks for the heads up.

    • Kekzkrieger@feddit.deEnglish
      9·
      5 months ago

      The company itself maybe, the people responsible for the downfall not so much.

      The C-levels probably got huge bonuses for saving tons of money, while having a super high paycheck anyways and when the boat finally goes down they will just hop into a C-level position at a different company where their main focus will be again to save tons of money.

      C-level positions truly are the most insane thing in this capitalist hellhole that we live in. They come and go (usually in a 2-5 year cycle) and their next job is secured no matter their performance.

  • Chainweasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    87·
    5 months ago

    Too bad they’re a defense contractor and “too big to fail”.
    Every one of those lost orders will come out of the pockets of US taxpayers when Boeing is bailed out.

    • wagesj45@kbin.run
      5·
      5 months ago

      The investors that matter, probably. I have little doubt it will be the “little guy” who has a 401k with Boeing investments that takes the hit. The C-suite executives will have golden parachutes, and anyone powerful/rich enough will either insider trade it away or get bailed out.

  • Xianshi@lemm.eeEnglish
    63·
    5 months ago

    Good fuck this company. I’m sure all the military contracts will keep their pockets lined unfortunately.

  • GiddyGap@lemm.eeEnglish
    55·
    5 months ago

    Nobody wants planes that fall out of the sky and lose sections mid-flight? Why not?

  • pwalker@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    31·
    5 months ago

    What a headline. It literally fell 3%… That’s not much. Actually still higher than their April value. They dropped more than 50% in the beginning of the pandemic and have not recovered from that. Whereas Airbus easily pushed higher than pre pandemic level. So yeah not looking good since a long time.

  • Rimu@piefed.socialEnglish
    23·
    5 months ago

    a huge backlog of more than 5,600 orders

    Apparently some people with money think there is going to be a big expansion in air travel.

    • Hildegarde@lemmy.worldEnglish
      47·
      5 months ago

      The biggest limiting factor in airplanes is the production speed. Building airliners is slow which is why there are very long waiting lists. Nothing’s wrong that’s just planes. New planes are cheaper to operate so its a good idea to order new planes even if you’re not planning a significant expansion.

      This is also why airlines will be slow to react to boeing’s safety record in orders. Switching orders means losing your place and going to the back of airbus’s waiting list.

      • SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzEnglish
        15·
        5 months ago

        Kinda yes, kinda no. There have certainly been times, particularly after 9/11 and various crises, when demand dropped significantly.

        There’s also airliners that just haven’t sold well. A340NG, A380, 747-8, 767-400, the MD-11, until recently the Cseries/A220. The A330neo has also not sold particularly well and you could probably get a slot within a year easily.

        • Hildegarde@lemmy.worldEnglish
          16·
          5 months ago

          True, but this article is specifically about the 737. Apart from the a220, none of the aircraft you listed are both in production and part of the 737’s market segment.

          The a320 neo family has about 7000 orders awaiting delivery. It is not feasible to switch for most airlines for the reasons I previously mentioned.