• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Despite the recent slow sales, Boeing still has a huge backlog of over 5,600 orders

      I wonder what those orders are? They could be mainly orders for extra bolts.

      • Flipper@feddit.de
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        8 months ago

        Not sure if this is serious. Boeing and Airbus are booked with orders for the next several years. They both could not get a single new order and would have work to do for the next half decade.

        • Hildegarde@lemmy.world
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          8 months ago

          Several years is an understatement. At current rates of production it will take at least 14 years to fulfill all orders.

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          8 months ago

          Not sure if this is serious.

          if you are really not sure whether this:

          They could be mainly orders for extra bolts.

          is serious, then i recommend to not attempt crossing a street without supervision 😜

          • breadsmasher@lemmy.world
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            8 months ago

            its a valid question.

            “Are they orders for whole planes, or for anything boeing might produce such as bolts?”

            Does that simplify it for you? Careful crossing the streets