Boeing give up...Boeing will end 717 jet productionBy Dominic GatesSeattle Times aerospace reporterhttp://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/busi...8_demise15.html

Ahhh who cares, the money Boeing makes in the commerical airline division is pocket change compared to the military side of the house :):-outtahttp://publish.hometown.aol.com/p3superb/i...s/sign_name.jpgThere is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness".- unknown"My daddy gives me up, to fight for you"- a US Military Members Child

>Ahhh who cares, the money Boeing makes in the commerical>airline division is pocket change compared to the military>side of the house :)>>:-outta>http://publish.hometown.aol.com/p3superb/i...s/sign_name.jpg>>There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness".>- unknown>"My daddy gives me up, to fight for you">- a US Military Members ChildCanada for example. Boeing will shut down the Toronto plant with the end of 717 production.http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Art...ness/?query=717

He knows Boeing vs Airbus posts aren't allowed so he tries an Embraer vs Boeing post in an attempt to stir up some heat ;)No, Boeing isn't afraid of Embraer. If they were they'd just buy them and swallow them whole :)Fact is the 717 never sold in numbers and lately several prospects chose not to purchase, instead keeping their older aircraft or putting expansion programs on ice.That now makes it uneconomical to keep the production line open (if it ever was economical but you got to deliver what you promissed to) so it's closed.Maybe if the 736 didn't exist they'd keep it open to have something in the market segment but since they have that one there's no reason to do that either.