I think I could write a very interesting book on all the experiences I had when I was there in the 2nd half of the nineties - a crazy place to be at that time, and truly the wild east!
Yes, State sponsored alcoholism!
Yet another Boeing screwup with the 737 Max production line. This time, someone has been drilling holes in the fuselage incorrectly and 50 planes will have to be repaired. It’s thought more planes may have been put into service with the issue. The CEO of Emirates Airlines had this to say
Boeing’s board, he said, needed to prioritise production: “Not: ‘What is the return on investment? What is the bottom line? What is the free cashflow? What is the shareholder value? What is the share value? What is my bonus?’ No, that will come if you do it right in the first place.”
Very well put.
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Now, Pratt and Whitney are joining the party with thier engines, grounding Airbus planes. Again, it’s quality control issues in production.
The quality issues affect some 3,000 engines with an estimated 600-700 likely needing repair. Aircraft will be grounded during repairs, which involves removing engines from the wings, and will take through 2026. The majority of inspections and repairs will occur next year. Repairs will take more than half a year, or 250-300 days.
You couldn’t make this sh*t up.
Who will pay or cover the cost of repairs, the airlines or P&W?
I was clearing out some boxes of screws,cupboard fittings etc and came across a couple of templates for drilling holes in kitchen cupboards, considered sending them to Boeing LOL!
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Don’t know for sure, but I would have thought the airlines would pass it back to Pratt and Whitney.
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I’ve had some interaction with Rolls-Royce and typically the airlines pay by the flying hour rather than actually buying the engines. Assuming P&W operate the same model then the cost would fall firmly on P&W.
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I’ve always been fairly sanguine about flying - but I’m increasingly unsure it’s a good idea.
SNCF and their generous luggage allowance is looking more attractive. 
I had something large to bring over one time, phoned Eurostar and they said so long as it will fit into the scanner no issue and they had quite a large one. 
I see O’Leary is warning of plane shortages for flights this summer already and the costs will be going up. Glad I don’t do flying any more now, soon be like those poor african countrie’s planes, held together with tape and string!
O’Leary as usual, advertising self promotion and any excuse to raise the price for his flying bus service.
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I’m not showing this to my wife before our 17 hours on a 787 in ten days 
To be fair, this looks like this may not be a Boeing quality issue like the others after all. It’s a seat switch that was pressed inadvertently. Boeing did advise airlines years ago to check the switches as part of the maintenance schedule to make sure this couldn’t happen. You’d think there should be robust covers on the switches, or some master switch on the console to enable/disable the seat switches. Maybe there is.
But surely by fitting a seat that requires a warning or additional modification/maintenance they are admitting a suitability issue?
Don’t know all the details, but I don’t think it’s additional modification required, but regular maintenance. It may be that the switches in question are easily damaged, i.e covers damaged or coming off, which would be a quality issue with the parts and with Boeings selection of the parts. Switches like these should not be so easy to mistakenly activate.
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Yes a safety interlock design may have been sensible, even basic power tools have them
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And the former Boeing engineer turned whistleblower that made Boeing’s shoddy practices public knowledge has been found dead in his truck outside his hotel only a day after testifying to a Grand Jury on the matter.
Was it suicide or was he Epsteined?
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Conspiracy theorist 
I find in these sort of things the conspiracy is trying to defend the lies in the first place but that never seems to be the case.