Date: 17 Dec 96 03:09:18 From: jfmezei <nospam.jfmezei@videotron.ca> Organization: SPC References: 1 2 3 Followups: 1 2
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Karl Swartz wrote: > Seems fair to me, at least on the commercial side. The only Douglas > piece which *might* have some staying power is the MD-11F -- it has > a niche for which Boeing doesn't have a good answer, and with most of > the development costs already having been written-off, it might be > cost effective to keep it. I was under the impression that the 777 "family" would eventually encompass all of the MD11's functions. Is this the case ? or will the MD11 retain some distinct advantage over the 777 for certain functions ? (freight ?)