Why THIS Airplane Gives Boeing NIGHTMARES!

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Boeing dismiss the XLR as a “niche” aircraft that they’re not that worried about. But is this actually true? Well, what I’m going to show you in this video is that, even if Boeing ARE worried about this plane, there is another, VERY similar Airbus that they are worried about much more.
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[tolep]

An accountant as a CEO?
There is a saying in the oil industry.
A growing company has a geologist as its CEO, a mature company has an engineer, a withering company has an accountant, and a failing company has a lawyer.

[fedup]

Airbus did outsmart Boeing : by not screwing up quality for financial gains, by not leaving the midsize market, by not leaving the company in the hands of beancounters, by not falling into the "arrogant" mode prevalent at Boeing, and the list goes on...

[seanrodgers]

Boeing's biggest nightmare is its own management. They moved to Chicago to become a finance and marketing focused company, then to Washington DC in order to become a lobbying company. Each move made them worse at making planes.

[RepublicD]

The A321neo XLR also has other improvements: 80% of the fuselage is strengthened by using thicker structural parts. It has an additional potable water tank, an optional additional waste tank, it has 3 zones for cabin climate controls instead of 2, added heated floors in the galleys for the crew, all new main landing gear and strengthened nose gear, both with completely new wheels. It also has a new belly fairing (as mentioned by Mentour Pilot), and new flaps.

[Tunedawg]

Boeing greatest fears
1. Losing stock price.
2. Planes falling apart.
3. Ex employee's.
4. Murder investigations.
5. Qualified QC workers.
6. Extra training for pilots.
7. Spending money.
8. Engineers.
9. Newly designed planes.
10. Quality products.
11. Time taken to sweep up drill bit shavings from cable trays.
12. Expensive locking bolts.
13. Paper trails.
14. Homesick astronauts.

[SciModeler]

Boeing is just too arrogant to admit that they're lost to Airbus. I mean, calling your competitor's product 'niche' while you're struggling with certifications, delayed orders, quality control, whistleblowers, starliners etc is just beyond me.

[vawlkus]

given Starliner, I do not think Boeing has what it takes anymore. Too many MBAs and not enough engineers at the top.

[roberts]

I love how Boeing's immediate reaction to a pair of fatal crashes resulting in scrutiny of a particular aircraft type they're building (that also happens to be archaic) is to double down on that type and cancel any new projects aimed at replacing said aging type in production... absolute galaxy brain decision.

[Arsenic]

At least Airbus marketing can use the slogan: No whistleblowers were harmed in the design or production of this plane.

[bazoo]

0:15 - Yes, A321XLR merely fill a niche - a _very_ large niche 😀

[mircowitch]

I am from Hamburg and we are especially excited about the 321XLR because it's (mostly) built here but it also would allow our city to have a transatlantic connection again which we haven't had for decades.

[HappyGrump]

But didn't Boeing feel bolts were a "niche" product?

[gandalfgreyhame]

Maybe instead of paying Calhoun $32.8 million to run the company into the ground, if Boeing had just fired him and used that money to hire more competent workers and start designing a new model aircraft that could be modified from the 737 to the 767 range, that would have worked a lot better for the company.

[Harald-MacGerhard]

Wow, Calhoun decided for Boeing to withdraw completely from what seems to be the fastest growing segment of the airline industry 😮

[bosoerjadi]

I especially like about your videos that not only do you, contrary to far too many other Youtube channels, actually answer the question posed by your headlines but you're also doing it almost immediately without any irrelevant generic fluff preceding it. Coming to the main point quickly and only then expanding for clarity and nuance is a presentation art that seems to be lost on most informative/educational channels. And your image footage corresponds with what you're talking about.
Happy to be subscribed for many years already and seeing (the quality of) your channel steadily improving over time.

I do miss sometimes watching you do your talks sitting on the couch and having a red and green cushion beside you, as if (correctly) mimicking navigation lights.

[lukasgraesslin]

Off-topic but that black New Zealand A321neo looks gorgeous.

[LarryGanse]

As a retired airline pilot/executive I always enjoy your even handed treatment of the current issues. The video on the 757/A321 NEO was exceptionally well done. However, I would like to give you a little more background on the 737 evolution. As early as 2005 Boeing was conducting studies on a replacement for the 737. As part of their work, they utilized teams of airline executives to develop the baseline airplane. In those days, this was the 737 RS project and I was one of the industry participants. The project sort of went 'back burner' after the 2008 recession, but was resurrected a few years later as the NMA. While this was all transpiring, the 'takeover' of the old Boeing engineers by the McDonnell Douglas financial engineers was completed and work all but stopped on the NMA. Basically, the new management was not in a mood to 'bet the company' which is how we got the Boeing 707 and 747. Curiously, as I slipped off into retirement the NMA was positioned to be about 220/230 seats in a two class configuration with a 5, 000 mi. range. Moreover, there was a lot of sentiment to make it a twin aisle with 2-3-2 seating. With cooperation from the engine manufacturers the airplane could have been available right about now or next year.
I wonder what THAT would have done for the 321???

[connclissmann]

Airbus appear to have a plan for a range of planes with consistent pilot training optimisation and interchangeability. Boeing does not appear to such a plan. Southwest and Ryanair (excluding Lauda) are "stuck" with 737s or would have to heavily invest in pilot training. Clever long term strategy for Airbus. For car drivers, it's like finally in the 1920s a convention grew to have the accelerator on the right, the brake left off that and any clutch pedal left of that again. Can you imagine trying to rent a strange car if that convention had not grown up?

[badscrew]

Airbus didn't outsmart Boeing - instead Boeing did outdumb Airbus.

[mikkothemechanic]

"...unless something really surprising happens..." hahaha... indeed.