Worst possible news for Boeing
November 17th, 2019 at 2:29:38 AM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | WORST NEWS???? BEST NEWS???????????? Boeing is forced to abandon automation! Tail assemblies will be performed by human technicians and robots will no longer be used. |
November 17th, 2019 at 6:56:00 AM permalink | |
DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4944 |
That is horrible news. The engineers that design the robots, the people that manufacture them will be out of work. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
November 17th, 2019 at 10:24:49 AM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | and it is a formaladmission that the quadrillions spent were wasted. |
December 17th, 2019 at 7:41:21 AM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | 737 max producton to be suspended |
December 17th, 2019 at 9:43:59 AM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Production will not be suspended until January. JP Morgan still estimates that Boeing will only reduce costs by 50% by suspending production, from $2 billion to $1 billion per month. |
January 5th, 2020 at 7:44:42 PM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | boeing just announced that two wires controlling the tail assembly's motion are thought to be in excessive proximity to each other and could easily involve crosstalk and overheating. |
January 5th, 2020 at 10:53:05 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Thanks for the update. Could you please include a link or say what model aircraft you are discussing? |
January 6th, 2020 at 10:03:36 AM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 |
Sorry. No link because New York Times is paywalled to me. Model was 737max with no further info that I recall. This will be time consuming HARDWARE fix and TESTING, not just the SOFTWARE 'fix' that was originally contemplated. |
January 8th, 2020 at 2:06:47 AM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | Another crash of a Ukranian International Airlines B738 just after takeoff from Tehran. UIA has 22 such jets ranging in age from 20.6 Years to 1.7 Years. The jet that crashed was their 6th youngest jet (out of 22) UR-PSR UKRAINE INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES BOEING 737-8KV(WL) First Flight 21 Jun 2016 |
January 8th, 2020 at 3:17:45 AM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 |
no indication of cause of a one hour delayed takeoff. no indication of type or degree of maintenance efforts. fod??foreign object debris is common. yet inability to use radio is strange. |