If, as you write, you’ve noticed the same issues as you witnessed on BA with LAN & JAL - then it’s unlikely to be an issue confined to BA.

Doc Copper

I’ll throw in my tuppence and suggest that maybe the light weight materials used in the aircraft and well anything massed produced, with the main concern being how to keep the production/manufacturing/ordering costs down, stuff is simply not built to last. I was on BAs 787 and the rattling of the interior overhead lockers throughout the flight was very obvious and frankly worrying that such a new product could be so poorly put together.

The hay-days of well built aircraft like 747 and 777 are probably gone. It’s now about how efficient aircraft can be, which inevitably means how cheap can we get! Over spending doesn’t always guarantee quality or longevity granted. But I do wonder if Boeing have been putting profit before their products in recent years, but does aircraft interiors fall into Boeing’s responsibility?!

I’m drifting into a non BA topic so I’ll stop but it’s all very interesting.

not surprised. Almost a year ago my 787 flight experience was poor. It was filthy and hadn’t been cleaned . Between the cheap finish and lack of focus on cleaning and maintenance they will deteriorate quickly.

Still if it does mean that the product is at least consistent across the entire fleet🤭

Odd. I flew on a 787 for the first time this week and thought it looks very good!

The aircraft was falling apart? That sounds like an acute safety issue!

The ‘leather’ in the first cabin scuffs very easily so that cabin is looking very dated already. The other cabins don’t look too bad on the ones I’ve flown on. The main issue is around the dividing walls where the tops need to be unlocked and flipped down to get to the overhead bins. They seem to break a lot. At least they have decent IFE unlike most of the 777/747