• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    4 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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      4 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.

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        4 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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        4 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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          4 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