On: Did a 1997 merger ruin Boeing?

[p_l]

A380 was the hub&spoke design, whereas 787 went for long range point to point that could fly with smaller airports

[lmm → p_l]

Right. Boeing picked right and Airbus picked wrong. But was that better judgement or just a lucky guess?

[p_l → lmm]

I've never seen enough evidence it was anything other than a lucky guess