zanl188 wrote:
They need to fly where leisure passengers are going in the winter. Filling the planes (to get max ancillary revenue) should be first priority if they can't find anywhere with yields high enough to cover operating costs on fares alone (which seems to strongly be the case). Problem is, where is that?...
Jump to postThose are pretty good numbers!
I think Norse stands a chance, they're showing agility and the ability to change and adapt on short notice.
Two Seattle Times writers have done major reports in the last couple days. Both think things are grim, short term and long term. I am reading nothing to persuade me that some sort of drastic government intervention may be necessary to save Boeing. Do you mean this article by Dominic Gates? He provi...
Jump to postAnother article by Dominic Gates in the Seattle Times about what went wrong with Boeing, and how to fix it. A lot of good insight from various characters in the aviation industry. "Boeing’s long fall, and how it might recover:" https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeings...
Jump to postWow, such esteemed universities… Hmmm, disappointed by her pedigree are we? I guess you believe Boeing needs more elites for what ails it. Perhaps you should apply. I'd like to see an outsider take the reigns, but I don't think it's polite to disparage her. I don't think anyone is disparaging her h...
Jump to postSeems like Airbus is mostly worried about proprietary information shared across Spirit and Boeing getting their hands on it.
And about the wing plant, Airbus might need it for building a wing for a new aircraft like an A322 or similar.
Are the engine cowlings shaped like this to preserve the aerodynamical profile of the old aircraft?
Jump to posthttps://www.wsj.com/business/airlines/disarray-boeing-factory-door-plug-blowout-f063e27e WSJ appears to have viewed the contents of the SAT in Renton. Some of their quotations match extremely closely with the text that the Leeham News commenter/leaker posted on Jan. 16. Leeham News commenter/leaker...
Jump to postHmmm, disappointed by her pedigree are we? I guess you believe Boeing needs more elites for what ails it. Perhaps you should apply. I'd like to see an outsider take the reigns, but I don't think it's polite to disparage her. I think many people are disparaging Boeing for putting an accountant who s...
Jump to postReuters have written a more summarized article which explains what happened with the Boeing board and the big airline bosses. Fair use excerpts: With the company's major U.S. customers agitating for a boardroom meeting without Calhoun, Boeing's board pre-empted their demands with a major upheaval. &...
Jump to postrandomdude83 wrote:Richard Anderson of delta seems to not have a job as of now
Wouldn't it be great if we had a Boeing version of ASFlyer or EA CO AS to give us thoughts from what people on the ground & work in the plants think, or is that just me? There must be someone here who does work there, but I'm guessing the corporate culture is unforgiving for sharing such inform...
Jump to postWouldn't it be great if we had a Boeing version of ASFlyer or EA CO AS to give us thoughts from what people on the ground & work in the plants think, or is that just me? There must be someone here who does work there, but I'm guessing the corporate culture is unforgiving for sharing such inform...
Jump to postnicode wrote:JetBuddy wrote:I remember reading that the cool down time is far too long, and that the RR BR715 on the 717 is one of the few engines that can do it.
One of the few or the only one as of today ?
Is inter-island flying every 20 minutes or so even possible with a 737 NG or 737 MAX? I remember reading that the cool down time is far too long, and that the RR BR715 on the 717 is one of the few engines that can do it. Nothing can replace the 717 with the same frequency. WN has shown that the 737...
Jump to postBoeing needs to bring in Gwynne Shotwell ... compare her resume to Popes ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwynne_Shotwell And yes ... she is a rocket scientist ... Of course, Musk could buy Boeing and put her in the job :duck: And recreate the success X turned out to be... :) Do you mean 8 Billion...
Jump to postIs inter-island flying every 20 minutes or so even possible with a 737 NG or 737 MAX? I remember reading that the cool down time is far too long, and that the RR BR715 on the 717 is one of the few engines that can do it.
Jump to postJon Ostrower at The Air Current reporting that it was the CEOs of UA/AA/WN/AS who organized and essentially forced the move to remove Calhoun and others. https://theaircurrent.com/industry-strategy/boeing-csuite-changes-calhoun-deal-kellner-pope/ I find it interesting that almost nobody has bothere...
Jump to postMike Patey for CEO. I’m half joking here, but I actually think the guy would do a pretty good job. He’s an incredibly hard worker, owns multiple businesses (Pharmaceutical, construction, aviation), and he's very much into aviation. He invented a new type of slat for his experimental plane and even ...
Jump to postMike Patey for CEO. I’m half joking here, but I actually think the guy would do a pretty good job. He’s an incredibly hard worker, owns multiple businesses (Pharmaceutical, construction, aviation), and he's very much into aviation. He invented a new type of slat for his experimental plane and even ...
Jump to postBoeing moved their HQ to the DC area to be closer to where the decisions are made. Much easier for lobbying purposes and contact with various politicians.
I have zero faith in them finding the right person for the job.
I hope Boeing looks internationally when they will replace all these people.
But it might not happen because of the aerospace tech in all of Boeing's different divisions is sensitive, and there are federal regulations dealing with such things.
Boeing's entire leadership and much of middle management needs to change. I know of one CEO who slept under his desk in his office at the plant for a year, walking the production line, adjusting things, bringing in new machines, bringing in new people, sorted every single issue until production rate...
Jump to posthttps://finance.yahoo.com/news/faa-says-future-united-projects-222052439.html According to CNN the official statement from the FAA yesterday: “Due to recent safety events, the FAA is increasing oversight of United Airlines to ensure that it is complying with safety regulations; identifying hazards ...
Jump to postThis is a bit more serious than the general impression you get from skimming through this thread. United can not open new routes. United can not certify new pilots. United can not not issue type ratings. United can not start operating new aircraft in revenue service. FAA is going through every manu...
Jump to postThis is a bit more serious than the general impression you get from skimming through this thread. United can not open new routes. United can not certify new pilots. United can not not issue type ratings. United can not start operating new aircraft in revenue service. FAA is going through every manua...
Jump to postI don't know if this has been posted before, but there's an interview with the Ryanair CEO O'Leary about the situation at Boeing. Fair use excerpts: O’Leary acknowledged that Deal “is a very good sales guy”, but suggested that a different approach might be needed: “What Boeing needs in Seattle is no...
Jump to postAnd some would say revisiting old designs is part of the problem they have put themselves into. I don't think that's completely fair, but I believe it's time for Boeing to use their resources and R&D that was sunk into the 787 program to good use, and make a new single aisle to replace the 737 ...
Jump to postNot to stir the pot, but given all of the issues that Boeing is having -- does it now make more sense for Boeing to revisit updating designs of the 757/767 instead of doing more clean sheet designs? Given all of the issues they have -- it feels like an easier fix would be revisiting what has histor...
Jump to postI work in the logistics for offshore wind farms, both during construction as well as O&M. This idea makes no commercial sense for several reasons: 1. Current rotor blades for offshore wind are a minimum of 100 m long, and we´re fast approaching 150 m in length and 60+ tons in weight. The plane ...
Jump to postI remember reading that. Could an empty Starship launch itself back to base from half way around the world without the need of a Heavy Booster? I think that's the plan for Mars, but Mars has less atmosphere and might actually be easier. Lots of problems with that concept: - no booster available to ...
Jump to post… and I’m wondering….. If I were U.S. Space Force what uses would I have for a 400 ton to orbit launch capability? And, maybe more importantly, what do the Russians & Chinese think U.S. Space Force will use that capability for? It's not only to orbit. There were whiteboard proposals for Starshi...
Jump to postI would have assumed that the plane would stay level and engines remain in power even if the screens go blank. In aviation, there should be no single point of failure. Do we know how big the drop was now? And that's only if you actually believe the screens went blank. Based on all the actions so fa...
Jump to post] Boeing is a commercial company. Development costs must be recovered from sold airplanes, and those costs are not insignificant, a few % of sale price. Launching a new model, derivative or clean sheet, is a significant long term financial commitment. On the scale of buying a home for an ordinary p...
Jump to postIn Europe it's common to have one airline with different brands. I think the reason it's happening in Europe is that it's a continent with many different nations and feelings attached to their own identity and legacy airlines. Nothing wrong with that. However, now this is happening in the US as well...
Jump to postBoeing's engineers are trapped in an ancient airframe designed with 1960s solutions, where nothing can be changed or improved because it would make it a new aircraft type.
All of these issues go back to that.
I think if Boeing could go back to 2011, they would choose another route.
Or they do have information and have already sacked them... Fred Reinforcing the culture of do something wrong we fire you? This leads to cover ups and fear. What needs to be in place is a culture where you can report that the instructions are vague, all the tools/materials are not available, that ...
Jump to postThat was spectacular. Amazing to see Starship coasting at 160 km altitude.
And the launch. Biggest human made object ever flying. Go SpaceX!
According to a recent NYT article, AS' technicians and engineers requested on Jan. 4 to remove the aircraft in question from regular service and take it immediately for a safety check the next day amid increasing reports of a potential problem. However, AS decided to keep the aircraft in service on...
Jump to postI am going to go out in a limb here and say the drop and the screen going blank are not directly related but indirectly related. The drop was likely caused by CAT/weather. The drop then caused other system related messaging and because it hadn’t been rebooted (as reported by others) caused whatever...
Jump to postWhat makes the power cycle necessary?
Is it to not overload RAM and other components in the flight computers?
The most interesting part is that both Boeing and Spirit failed audits with regards to the door plug. Months after the door plug incident. Fair use excerpts: "In the wide-ranging investigation, Boeing failed a check which dealt with the component that blew off the jet, known as a door plug, the...
Jump to postThat's huge news. Seems like United has no confidence in the 737 MAX 10 ever getting built*. Do they have access to some information we don't? Well.. probably.
*except for the prototype/s.
Things are going from bad to worse for Boeing it seems.... :whistleblower: :duck: :tombstone: A former Boeing employee known for raising concerns about the firm's production standards has been found dead in the US.... https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68534703 Depends on whether or not his death is...
Jump to postPlease retire the speculation police. We can speculate as much as we like until the facts are on the table. This incident seems quite mysterious. If the cockpit blackout happened at the same exact time the aircraft dropped and injured 50 people, what systems could make that happen? It must have been...
Jump to postSome incidents are more serious than others. And some happen quite frequently, others very rarely. I don't believe in chaos theory, but sometimes a lot of things happens at once. They're all the result of something else. This means much of it can be prevented. Like the lost wheel. Or perhaps the hyd...
Jump to postThe K in KLM stands for Koninklijke (Royal), but this is a predicate that is awarded to special Dutch companies or that have a special place in a field. The royal family has little to do with this. For example, Philips is officially called Koninklijke Philips and Shell was called Royal Dutch Shell ...
Jump to postThe 4th or 5th United incident this week?
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