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by boing » Sun Oct 27, 2019 4:43 pm
Boeing went a bridge too far with this 737 "upgrade".
Totally unnecessary because if the object was to play the previous certification game then why did they not use the 757 as the basis. The 757 could carry between 200 and 295 passengers over a range of 3200 to 4000 miles. The 737 MAX could carry 210 to 230 passengers over a range of 3550 miles. Clearly there is a significant overlap of capability between the two aircraft.
Call the new aircraft the 757 SR or even the 737 MAX, what's in the name as far as certification is concerned, you could call it the 7577 if you wished. Shorten the fuselage a little if you really wanted to. The aircraft already had the long gear legs to accommodate new engines. Update the cockpit to reflect 737 type displays and navigation systems. Get it certified as a 737 clone for operational crew qualification purposes. Build in whatever airframe fabrication mods that have been learned since the original 737.
What would be significant is that the 737, 727 and 757 share fuselage designs, only the length was changed, so that (mock) certification, prior to the MAX fiasco, would probably have been fairly simple.
I imagine that the biggest objection to using the 757 as a base design would be objections from the sales department who think that a new, glamourous, name for a 737 is easier to sell than a recycled 757.
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