the article said the short trips are for crew service familiarization. It's not an economical strategy. Doubt they'd do more than a few weeks, if even.
well jeez, yeah, duh, if you strip parts of parked planes it's going to take a while to get it back running. But if you park it , drain the fuel, seal all openings and charge batteries once in a while I don't see a big problem getting it back to working condition. Boeing probably knows a thing or two about storing them. overhyped story.
By the time that thing comes to market it will be at least 1 generation behind, probably more. But.. if they sell planes to the chinese market alone , it might be enough to break even.
Pretty sure that such a basic thing is taken care of. And remember, strealth doesn't mean invisible. It just means LESS visible. If they get close enough to good radar, they'll still be spotted. They use radar coverage maps to fly paths with least chance of being detected by radar.
