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It's not an alternative fact, and I'm not defending Boeing. I could give a shit about Boeing.

The fact is there's no competition in the American commercial part 121 airline world. No competition makes you lazy and incompetent.

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And there will never be competition. It cost Cirrus (small, single engine GA aircraft) $100 million to get a type certificate. The Boeing 737 max is still on its original type certificate.

Boeing and airbus is what the (western) world has for big jets. It's a duopoly and has no signs of not being one. Boeing probably shouldn't be a public company either.

The rest of world's aircraft manufacturers are quasi majority state owned enterprises.