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> The double-punch combo of the 737 MAX scandal and the pandemic will have left them in serious strife.

They're probably just redundant. The 737 MAX debacle meant they weren't going to sell those planes this year, but the coronavirus meant they weren't going to sell those planes this year. Same result from one as both.

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The 737 MAX was one line of aircraft. COVID is killing demand for all the other ones (777s, 787s, etc.)

That doesn't mean they're not redundant, only that the bigger problem is bigger.

And Airbus has to deal with the same thing now, whereas before Boeing had a unique disadvantage.

I don't think I've heard anyone use the word redundant to describe anything that was more complicated than an exact 1-1 replacement. The two-punch combo is a good analogy; I wouldn't call a punch that knocked someone out cold redundant if it came after a punch that simply gave them a nosebleed.

probably OP means to say given that you got the knockout punch the first punch is redundant not the other way around. Since no aircraft is selling now, 737-MAX issues are no longer relevant is his premise

That's... not what canceled out means.

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