Boeing has lots riding on MAX

When Boeing rolled out its first 737 MAX last month there was little fanfare. Nevertheless, its importance to the company’s future and our state can’t be understated.

The good news is Boeing delivered more airplanes last year than Airbus and it has a backlog of 5,800 orders. However, yellow flags goes up when it comes to the 737 MAX. It is behind the A320neo in development and sales.

According to the Seattle Times, “Not counting Airbus sales in December, those figures are still to come, the European jet maker’s A320neo in 2015 had already won two-thirds of sales in that market against Boeing’s...