I’m not sure that they’ll ever try. Kinda like the MC-21 - they’re pretty much state-funded aircraft that that will be sold to state-owned airlines, and maybe a bargain-hunting developing world airline here or there.

What do you mean, shrinks never pay off?

And just to add, the A220-300 isn’t much smaller than the MAX 7 (12 passengers less max capacity, both aimed at 149 passengers in a multi-class configuration,) and is $91M at list prices.

Still my favorite car review:

Don't forget the X-Type.

Bonus points for using it in a response to a post that included Thunderbird, Cougar, AND Falcon.

Huh, learn something new every day.

So, what I want to know is:

Maybe he’s trying to distinguish between carbon and aluminum? The fork is the first thing to go carbon on a bike - like even a $900 Trek Domane 2, with Claris groupset, gets a carbon fork. They do it because carbon damps out road buzz, while aluminum transmits everything.

You’d probably burn more gas lugging the extra weight around than you’d save on AC.

You mean laminated, right? Laminated is common (and as far as I know, pretty much mandatory for windshields due to safety requirements,) double glazed I’ve never seen. But that’s much more for sound isolation; if it’s low-E that would have some significant benefits for keeping temperatures in check during summer,…

I mean, that’s just the second law of thermodynamics, pretty much. Except that it’s fairly impossible to do.

I gotta wonder... how have you been defogging your windows in the winter without the a/c?

I’m sure aerodynamic stresses are far more demanding than a guy doing something stupid and three cops.

Well, cheapest for a company that can't figure out how to do what everyone else could do in the 90s.

In addition to what everyone else said, they’re flat. Flat and thin don’t mix, so they’ll be much, much thicker just to be as rigid as a normal body panels.

I’ve seen it reported more clearly than this (can’t find it now,) but the shift happened in the 60s-70s:

I don’t think you understand how revenue, income, and corporations work...

You mean the employees at the beginning of their careers, less likely to own a house/be married/have kids in a school system are more likely to move around in search of greater opportunities? That people earning the least have the greatest incentive to look for a higher paying job?