Southwest uses the same new Boeing plane in Indonesia crash
May 25, 2019, 11:51 am
#391
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Denver, CO, USA
Programs: Sometimes known as [ARG:6 UNDEFINED]
Posts: 26,678
Jun 2, 2019, 4:12 pm
#392
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: MCI
Programs: CBP Global Entry, WN A-List Preferred, WN Companion Pass
Posts: 2,007
CNN.COM
Updated 5:11 PM ET, Sun June 2, 2019
Boeing says some of its 737 Max planes may have defective parts
Updated 5:11 PM ET, Sun June 2, 2019
Boeing says some of its 737 Max planes may have defective parts
Jun 3, 2019, 8:19 am
#393
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 439
CNN.COM
Updated 5:11 PM ET, Sun June 2, 2019
Boeing says some of its 737 Max planes may have defective parts
Updated 5:11 PM ET, Sun June 2, 2019
Boeing says some of its 737 Max planes may have defective parts
Well that's certainly one way to describe it. Truth be told they've had serious issues with their delivery of the tanker aircraft for USAF with not even basic checks performed prior to delivery.
That it affects the NG complicates easier one for one swaps of leased aircraft.
Jun 3, 2019, 4:27 pm
#395
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 6,286
My comment was a reply to
seat7a.speedbird2.030828
Who had posted:
Flash back to yesterday, post #367 by ursine1. The link he copied leads to an extremely interesting article. By Bloomberg. But posted by ursine1 from Crain's Chicago Business.
Chicago.
ursine1, please comment, as to why you chose the Crain's posting? simply happenstance?
Chicago.
ursine1, please comment, as to why you chose the Crain's posting? simply happenstance?
Jun 3, 2019, 10:56 pm
#396
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Denver, CO, USA
Programs: Sometimes known as [ARG:6 UNDEFINED]
Posts: 26,678
I'm not sure what exactly is going on, but I think you're confused about who posted what.
My comment was a reply to
seat7a.speedbird2.030828
Who had posted:
So... not me you're responding to, I suspect.
My comment was a reply to
seat7a.speedbird2.030828
Who had posted:
So... not me you're responding to, I suspect.
Your post #383 is out of sequence because you didn't quote Speedbird in post #383 . So I blame you.
Jun 4, 2019, 12:52 am
#397
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 6,286
In my defense, I think I started composing my post and then got on a call or was otherwise distracted, and by then you'd had time to post in between.
(For what it's worth, I just edited it to clarify for latecomers to the conversation.)
Jun 7, 2019, 1:55 am
#398
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 6,286
Boeing lawyers up, bigly.
Boeing turns to high-powered defense attorneys in 737 MAX investigation
Boeing turns to high-powered defense attorneys in 737 MAX investigation
As Boeing responds to a federal criminal investigation related to the 737 MAX, the company has assembled a deeply connected defense team headed by one attorney who represented Vice President Mike Pence in the Russian interference investigation, another who has served as the nation’s deputy attorney general and a third who played a central role in the Russian probe and the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh.
Jun 7, 2019, 7:41 am
#399
Moderator: Southwest Airlines, Capital One
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: California
Programs: WN Companion Pass, A-list preferred, Hyatt Globalist; United Club Lietime (sic) Member
Posts: 21,619
This person compared the investigation to the Justice Department’s probe of Volkswagen, which led to criminal charges in an emissions scandal.
Jun 8, 2019, 1:25 am
#401
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 6,286
Boeing delayed fix of defective 737 MAX warning light for three years: U.S. lawmakers
Boeing decided in November 2017 to defer a software update to correct the so-called AOA Disagree alert defect until 2020, three years after discovering the flaw, U.S. Congressmen Peter DeFazio and Rick Larsen said in a press release on Friday. Boeing only accelerated this schedule after the Lion Air accident in Indonesia, they added.
Jun 12, 2019, 2:42 pm
#402
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 6,286
Jun 12, 2019, 4:22 pm
#404
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: ORD, MDW or MKE
Programs: American and Southwest. Hilton and Marriott hotels primarily.
Posts: 6,459
I have some very mixed feelings about this situation. I have read many of the long articles about the actions of Boeing leading up to the 2 crashes.
My mixed feelings are; 1) Boeing is a very important company in the US economy and their economic health is important to us 2) Boeing doesn't care about us - they only care about succeeding.
I have decided that (2) outweighs (1) and I will be doing the only thing that I am capable of doing to hurt Boeing. I will not be flying the Max planes anytime soon. I am not concerned about a plane I am on crashing. I am fairly confident that if the pilot is OK, the plane is OK. However, my boycott will be my small part in telling Boeing that they are bad people.
My mixed feelings are; 1) Boeing is a very important company in the US economy and their economic health is important to us 2) Boeing doesn't care about us - they only care about succeeding.
I have decided that (2) outweighs (1) and I will be doing the only thing that I am capable of doing to hurt Boeing. I will not be flying the Max planes anytime soon. I am not concerned about a plane I am on crashing. I am fairly confident that if the pilot is OK, the plane is OK. However, my boycott will be my small part in telling Boeing that they are bad people.