Is anyone concerned with the horrific luck Boeing has been having?
Mar 14, 2024, 1:34 pm
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Is anyone concerned with the horrific luck Boeing has been having?
Because everyone loves to look out the window and see flames shooting out of the engines ...
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-new...gency-32340308
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-new...gency-32340308
Mar 14, 2024, 2:10 pm
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This thread in the United forum might be of interest to you: Do you feel safe flying United?
Mar 15, 2024, 5:55 am
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No. The news media tend toward to blow aviation issues well out of proportion and the linked story is no exception. Thousands of Boeing aircraft safely fly everyday. The examples in the story cause me no concern about flying a Boeing.
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Mar 15, 2024, 4:19 pm
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I'd say that Boeing has had excellent luck, in that the numbers of injuries have been minimal. Had any of these incidents had a different outcome, the Boeing lawyers would be brushing up on a book that has Chapters 1 through 15, but no Chapters 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, or 14.
Mar 15, 2024, 5:57 pm
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The Boeing of old and the Boeing of today have only the name but very different cultures. Yes I worry for the industry because if it is only left for Airbus the price of commercial aircraft is going to go thru the roof and air travel is going to get a lot more expensive.
Mar 15, 2024, 6:44 pm
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The corporate culture in the senior leadership team is clearly driven by financial engineering, not aerospace engineering.
Milking another generation out of the 737 airframe rather than investing in innovation, spinning off their own manufacturing arms, the attempts to eliminate quality assurance - these are all examples of an executive team thinking about Wall Street rather than competing through intensive ideation, teamwork and organic growth.
Milking another generation out of the 737 airframe rather than investing in innovation, spinning off their own manufacturing arms, the attempts to eliminate quality assurance - these are all examples of an executive team thinking about Wall Street rather than competing through intensive ideation, teamwork and organic growth.
Mar 15, 2024, 7:52 pm
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March 15: Plane loses panel mid-flight in latest Boeing mishap
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/new...ap/ar-BB1jYVYM
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/new...ap/ar-BB1jYVYM
Mar 16, 2024, 5:52 am
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Mar 16, 2024, 8:22 am
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Judging just from that picture, my initial thought is the 2# main wheel ran over some debris on the taxiway and threw it up at that panel. Can't think of any other way that a panel could be damaged in that position.
Mar 16, 2024, 10:00 am
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comment was an immediate reply without actually looking at the linked story; having seen the photo I agree with your assessment