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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 3:44 pm
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macabus
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Originally Posted by OPebble
With Boeing just having announced 10,000 redundancies, I don't fancy on flying on anything that comes out of the Boeing factory for quite a while!
Me neither.

The carbon fiber airframe has not yet been tested and Boeing just announced plans to accelerate FAA approval with around-the-clock flying, involving 34 pilots and six airplanes.

How many years do you think it will take for the 787 fleet to be grounded due to stress fractures on the carbon fiber wings?
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