Comments by "Orbital_Inclination" (@Orbital_Inclination) on "WHAT ON EARTH is Going on with the Boeing 777X?!" video.

  1. Most people would settle for discomfort if it meant saving money on fares. Larger seats means less passengers, which means more cost per seat.
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  2.  @Robert.David.  fuel consumption wouldn't decrease that much, and the cost saving would be significantly offset by having less passengers to split the cost between. It would still work out more expensive. We already have more expensive options available to customers who want more leg room, it's called business class.
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  3. More like every generation of aircraft getting more advanced to maximise efficiency, which makes them far more complex, which means more points of potential failure. Engineers left to run the show alone would also be a terrible move, as they'd have no interest in keeping the business actually viable, just in engineering.
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  4.  @AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg  no, not at all, but they work better if they're given a budget to work within, rather than setting their own. Engineers don't tend to be particularly deeply trained in running a viable, sustainable business. In an ideal situation, engineers and accountants work together to balance project profitability/feasibility against the engineering need/timescales, etc, and someone external to both parties makes the final call balancing both sides.
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  5. The overwhelming majority of accidents today are human error, a far greater percentage than in the past, as mechanical failures are incredibly rare.
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