I'm pretty inclined to listen to Zunum. Boeing at this point has a long history of playing dirty and trying to use their near monopoly power to control things. Just recently, Boeing ran into so many problems with their "Starliner" craft which is supposed to go the ISS. It turned out that part of what happened is that it looks like they knowingly underbid to cut out some competitors, knowingly made a flawed vehicle, figured that SpaceX would fail, and then they could go back and renegotiate with the US gover
Boeing also used similar tricks in an attempt to squash another competitor in the form of Bombardier and their C series planes (which ultimately backfired when Airbus did a deal to turn the C series into the A220 and has been doing quite well out of it and taking money from Boeing in the smaller size class)
That's possible. It would be a *little* weird because Boeing was an owner of Zunum. If Zunum had made money, that would have been Boeing making money. More to the point we know about several things that led directly to Zunum's failure, all related to piss-poor cash management:
While they were going around trying to raise a lot of cash they needed to survive, they were also making donations, such as to Perdue. They later came back and asked for their donation back. When you're trying to raise cash to make p
Why? The running costs of the Alpha Electro trainer is 20% of that of the gasoline version, and MagniX's prototype electric Cessna Caravan is quoted at running costs of 40% of the original (unsure if it was piston or turboprop). Reduced mechanical complexity makes a world of difference in maintenance requirements.
Boeing also used similar tricks in an attempt to squash another competitor in the form of Bombardier and their C series planes (which ultimately backfired when Airbus did a deal to turn the C series into the A220 and has been doing quite well out of it and taking money from Boeing in the smaller size class)
That's possible. It would be a *little* weird because Boeing was an owner of Zunum. If Zunum had made money, that would have been Boeing making money. More to the point we know about several things that led directly to Zunum's failure, all related to piss-poor cash management:
While they were going around trying to raise a lot of cash they needed to survive, they were also making donations, such as to Perdue. They later came back and asked for their donation back. When you're trying to raise cash to make p
Being in a position where you are dependent on a potential competitor was monumentally stupid. What did they think was going to happen?