Re: Boeing 737 MAX Fails Dozens of Tests in FAA Audit

After viewing this I don't feel safe to fly on any plane. https://twitter.com/realCarola2Hope/status/1767387230547669199 This is hyperbolic. The 787 has been in commercial service for 13 years. Over 1,100 built and more than 50 million cumulative flight hours - if there was a design defect on the 7...

Re: Boeing 737 MAX Fails Dozens of Tests in FAA Audit

Boeing is already prohibited from expanding production. If you are in aerospace, you know there are degrees of failure. I tried to find a complete pulled production certificate. I couldn't find a recent one. Heck, going from memory, the last time that extreme was done was the Brewster Buffalo! So t...

Re: Boeing 737 MAX Fails Dozens of Tests in FAA Audit

There is no employee who should know the entire process by heart. However, if you are responsible for performing a task in the entire process, you should know exactly what to do, how and which documentation is required. Moreover, you should have controls in place which check this. Preferably you sh...

Re: Boeing 737 MAX Fails Dozens of Tests in FAA Audit

someone needs to put this in perspective. There are several hundred thousand parts in any air craft, there are about 5000 process specifications, material specifications, policies and procedures that cover from engineering design, through manufacturing, assembly testing and data verification (QA) t...

Re: Boeing 737 MAX Fails Dozens of Tests in FAA Audit

someone needs to put this in perspective. There are several hundred thousand parts in any air craft, there are about 5000 process specifications, material specifications, policies and procedures that cover from engineering design, through manufacturing, assembly testing and data verification (QA) to...

Re: Boeing 737 MAX Fails Dozens of Tests in FAA Audit

Gads, the Boeing haters and armchair manufacturing "experts" will have a field day. I spent time doing process audits on the 737 line and yes found instances of what one might call audit failings. A drawing being used being 2 hrs past it's valid date. A process stopped by the FAA because t...

Re: Spirit Aerosystems surges on report that Boeing could buy it back

Why can't they build more deamlifters and just fly the fuselages on those? In the long run it might turn out cheaper due to - a) efficiencies in time saved b) saving on money lost due to in transit damage over the rail route. I don’t know the specifics, but RNT’s runway is on the shorter side, I’m ...

Re: UA 757 Leading Edge Slat Delaminates in Flight

Flew on several 727's with flaps and slats (different planes) wrapped in speed tape. always exciting when it starts to unravel. once encountered the same plane on the trips return flight and the taped up part was new and polished. So what do we do, fire the CEOs of both the OEM and the airline... ??...

Re: Boeing 787 Production / Deliveries - 2024

Is there a 787 production list out there that goes past L/N 1229? It's so hard to get sources at CHS to give me information for the 787 tracker. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FH3Y2-vRUgojntPkCSJI5Pd-15rsJ1a0SFCRaT-iqgo/edit?usp=sharing To which period is the production list? It definitely...

Re: Boeing’s Troubles

In a bit of good news Boeing has said there were no other loose bolts found on Max Rudders after all maxes (except one) have been inspected. https://www.chronline.com/stories/rudder-bolts-inspected-on-all-boeing-737-maxes-no-more-faults-found,334230? this is typical of the multitude of fleet checks...

Re: Boeing’s Troubles

I think you are being overly defensive. The vast majority of posters here really want Boeing, and all it's staff and suppliers to flourish. Something, it is not achieving at the moment, whilst it's most significant competitor is. This is fundamentally unstable. So changes are required. And at a pac...

Re: Boeing’s Troubles

In a bit of good news Boeing has said there were no other loose bolts found on Max Rudders after all maxes (except one) have been inspected. https://www.chronline.com/stories/rudder-bolts-inspected-on-all-boeing-737-maxes-no-more-faults-found,334230? this is typical of the multitude of fleet checks...

Re: Boeing’s Troubles

Most of us outsiders would just like to see the trajectory of the Boeing company going up. We are not seeing it. The FAA is not seeing it. Airlines are not seeing it. Stockholders are not seeing it. Perhaps one of the more or less insiders will tell us when we will start seeing it. think about what...

Re: Boeing’s Troubles

What a mess we make trying to inflict change on a world we do not understand. ................... I think most of us know enough of the current Boeing World to know that present outputs are not acceptable out here in the wider world the rest of us occupy. Outputs not acceptable to shareholders, who...

Re: Boeing’s Troubles

What a mess we make trying to inflict change on a world we do not understand. First, corporate offices and the board are a separated company, they play to Wall Street, approve new projects and capital expenditures. They rely on the sub company management (like Boeing Commercial) to run the internal ...

Re: New quality glitch to delay some Boeing 737 MAX deliveries

[...] Airbus seem to have mastered robotics on the A320 lines. Boeing tried it on the 777 line but never got it to work. At the beginning, the transition to a CAD-CAM production is complicated, expensive and risky. Many here should remember the troubles Airbus had with the Dassault CATIA software. ...

Re: New quality glitch to delay some Boeing 737 MAX deliveries

I believe it was said above somewhere that this is not a safety of flight item, there are assumptions that these holes are hull penetrations.. it's a lot of pissing and moaning about nothing. critical joins are inspected, a wire bundle support is not. A mis located clip is not a problem unless there...

Re: Should Boeing buy back the Wichita plant?

Maybe should Boeing divest it's self of any remaining MD facilities and management,

Looking at the cost of duplicating a narrow body major assembly plant, there isn't enough money even if Boing merged with Airbus and got hold of all the Russians embargoed funds.. .

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

You are asking lots of questions that have been addressed, if not answered in this thread. There is also a claimed currently employed insider who posted in a news article that work was performed on the subject plug as well as the RH plug, but nothing was entered to require a reinstallation and rein...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

One thing that bothers me in all this is: one can never inspect out every defect, nor should every production step reinspect every component and detail that is issued and every previous production step. Yet any line mechanic who saw a non compliance situation and did nothing is where we are today, l...

Re: Boeing 787 Production / Deliveries - 2024

So, it seems that Ln 1049, which was sent for NoE rework around Nov 10, 2023, was back on the flightline by December 6, 2023. So, this begs the question - why has it been cooling its heels, since then, for now about 45 days (1 1/2 months)? Perhaps Boeing was more focused on other frames to push out...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

So…will the -9 be flying next week or not? Seems unclear… The transparency of the FAA seems more like opacity to me. I suspect that they still wait for Boeing to tell what happened on their side. And we don't hear anything about that, either Boeing cannot figure it out or the answer opens a bigger ...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

another BOEING whistle blower comes forward, this time on camera ... former 737 Senior manager risks it all to tell his view ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGdH23_jQrw Ed Pierson is not "another" he's been squawking for years now. There is truth in what he says but it is underneath a...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

In hind sight I may have painted too many good employees with my brush.. It's just the things going belly up that pulled the chain..

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

Seem a lot of people think corporate management know anything about aircraft manufacturing, and others think division upper management should all be sacked... really short sighted!! with many years in the trenches, the problems really come back to the manufacturing floor where none of the people yo...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

my 2 cents on the door issue , I don't understand how after years of doing plug doors, we have a problem installing them correctly now. unfortunately the FAA will probably want a redesign so the door won't blow out because it's bigger than the hole. That's a big ask with huge implications... Looks ...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

Seem a lot of people think corporate management know anything about aircraft manufacturing, and others think division upper management should all be sacked... really short sighted!! with many years in the trenches, the problems really come back to the manufacturing floor where none of the people you...

Re: All Nippon B737 with crack in cockpit window - Returns

a quick look at Aviation Herald shows 6 cracked windshields between Nov 1 and today.. did not count those that failed due to running into things like the ground.

Re: Boeing E-4B Replacement News and Discussion Thread

a reality check... how many years have the existing planes been flying and how many engine shut downs have occurred? on the side how many windshields have failed and should the new plane have redundant windshields???

Re: Boeing 787 Production/Deliveries - 2023

As a follow up question, can you indicate just some of the "ton of work" at the 30,000 foot level? Thanks again. Also, isn't it weird that a customer acceptance flight is BEFORE the FAA sign off? Shouldn't it be the other way around? Customer acceptance involves both does the airplane hav...

Re: Russia has only built 2 commercial airliners so far in 2023

the Russian engineers that a friend of mine worked with were very sharp and committed. Some were amazed at the tolerances used in western design as they were not routinely achievable in Russian manufacturing. The problem was a lot of the designs were limited by materials and processing constraints, ...

Re: MAX 7 Certification Progress?

Boeing would have went with a clean sheet aircraft and likely would be far better off today than currently. Obviously you can't go back in time but if Boeing had launched a new narrow body aircraft it's hard to tell what the order books would look like today. Many airlines did nudge Boeing into the...

Re: Justin Trudeau's aircraft breakdown after G20 summit, India

Removing and installing a vertical fin and rudder in the field is fairly simple and has been done before. I recall seeing Airbus pictures of this being done outside the factory. the cost issue may be high because the rudder and fin can not be repaired and finding a low milage replacement unlikely.. ...

Re: Aeroflot 777 Landing Gear Problem

I believe several stories got jumbled .. that picture looks like a 737 main gear(the strut diameter is too small), plus the fuselage is too small and close to the ground for a 777... when compared to the worker. Probably the only factual is an Aeroflot plane damaged a main gear..

Re: Boeing 787 Production/Deliveries - 2023

deliveries will be lucky to make 7. when they are ready and the customer is ready they will go.. 70 was a frigging estimate.. and a lot has gone bad since then... If you had a clue what the rework and parts status was on each plane you would still miss the number. you seem to believe that every rewo...

Re: Military Plane in the Water After Runway Overrun

Once an aluminium airframe takes in salt water, it's game over. Why go through the effort of salvaging the frame when Uncle Sam can print the money to build another zillion? Sure, you can salvage some of the equipment to keep as spares or for training. Once upon a time you would be correct, aircraf...

Re: SpaceX - Tests, Launches, Developments - 2022

I think too many rocket system components are one use only, so repair components were never envisioned. this would mean they are remove and replace only. So here we have a big hurking monster sitting out in the wind and sand with seals, bearings and joints exposed to the elements for weight savings ...

Re: Boeing 787 Production/Deliveries - 2023

LN 1049 will go to the factory for NoE rework tomorrow. How long does that rework typically take? Does this also mean that 1049 has good chance of being delivered in 2023 itself? Separately, doesn't Boeing gives its employees a week off in December for the holidays? Thanks. Here we go again.. rewor...

Re: Boeing 737MAX Production/Deliveries - 2023

Movements for 2 September 2023 Southwest Airlines 737MAX8 N8904L LN8741, first test flight RNT-PSC-BFI as BOE240 https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/boe240 Question: We are in mid-November. Why are we getting 'movements' from August and September (2-3 months ago)? I'm sure most on here are c...

Re: Another Cockpit Threat: FO threatens CA with gun over diversion

no wonder they want to reduce the cockpit crew to one... then all decisions would be unanimous unless he disagreed with himself.. . (note that I referred to them as male .. because I've never seen this BS from female crews.)

Re: Boeing 787 Production/Deliveries - 2023

Yes, good chance SQ 1000, UK 1027, QR 1063, SV 1066 head out the door this month. Maybe..... LN 1027 has customer acceptance flight on Oct 31. So is it more likely the delivery will be in Nov as opposed to Oct 31 itself? Typically after the customer acceptance flight, how many days elapse to delive...

Re: Boeing 787 Production/Deliveries - 2023

Goal for 2023 was between 70 to 80 deliveries. Could this be it now? 70 = most likely scenario 71 to 74: possibly 75 = long shot 76 to 80 = no chance? what is with this , take a public propaganda statement from early in the year aimed at Wall Street investors, ignore everything that negates the est...

Re: Boeing 737MAX Production/Deliveries - 2023

it's been a slow month for deliveries, let's hope they pick up the pace soon

Re: Boeing 727 woke me up last night