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dtroutma
said, 4 months ago
Boeing’s ongoing nightmare. From faulty laminates on up the line.
motivemagus said, 4 months ago
Check out the history of the 747 by comparison. That was the plane that was going to sink Boeing, and it became the most successful plane in the world — after a rough start.
rightisright said, 4 months ago
Boeing has a share of natural problems arising on an otherwise fantastic design. In the same time frame, government got larger while returning equal or less value for higher taxes.
masterskrain said, 4 months ago
A.A.A.
American Airline Association.
They must have one heck of a towing rider…
edinbaltimore said, 4 months ago
I think ’mater’s gonna need some help!
MortyForTyrant said, 4 months ago
I (German → Europe → Airbus) should be happy for the troubles Boeing faces, but I am not. It’s a setback for the whole aircraft manufacturing industry. I bet you any money that there are plans in the drawer of Airbus Industries that also would have employed these type of batteries and now have to be shelved or modified. In a broader sense it is also a setback for technology as a whole. We KNEW that these cells could be trouble (laptop crisis of a few years back) and still didn’t get it right. And now a chilling thought as a parting gift: we KNOW what went wrong at Fukushima, but did we learn from it?
Omnius said, 4 months ago
What a national shame this has been. Thanks Boeing for making the USA the manufacturing laughingstock of the world. The Nightmare-liner was rushed into service and look what haste got Boeing, a lot of waste. Boeing’s reputation is now Dung Beetle food.
ansonia
said, 4 months ago
I used to have a t-shirt that read, “If it’s not Boeing, I’m not going.”
Unfortunately, the public will just think of 787s being grounded for safety reasons. Very few will even be aware that the issues are in current battery technology rather than a poorly designed aircraft. The advantage of lithium Ion batteries is in the power to weight ratio. More power, less weight. Very desirable in all aircraft applications.
1opinion said, 4 months ago
@ansonia
agreed, problems arise from many new designs, they will be dealt with.
Robert Landers said, 4 months ago
@MortyForTyrant
Bowing certainly has the monetary resources to build its own batteries right here in America, using American labor and expertise.
There are several reasons why manufacturing is making a general come back right here in America.
One of the more ethereal and therefore harder to define reasons is patriotism itself. But, it is one of the reasons that both liberals and conservatives can get behind. Especially as the US was the greatest manufacturing nation the world had ever seen at one time, and that was the main reason why the US was the Arsenal of Democracy that was the main factor in the allies winning WWII!
Another more practical reason is the constantly increasing cost of shipping. It is certainly a lot less expensive to ship manufactured goods across a state or even a city that it is half way around the world!
And finally, there is the major issue in this case. And that is the very important issue of quality assurance (or quality control to the less educated in this important area). It is a whole lot easier to both establish and maintain quality assurance on manufactured products right here in the USA close to the places where the actual industry is located than it is to use outsourced companies throughout the world.
Yes, it probably costs a little more initially, but in the long run, and capital products such as either the automobile industry or aerospace industries produce are absolutely long term products. In the long run it is not only less expensive but a lot better on the all important reputation to manufacture right here in the good old USA, using the best and most productive workers in the world, than it is to outsources such important products!!
Robert Landers said, 4 months ago
@Robert Landers
By the way, I do have some expertise in this area of quality assurance as from 1962 (at the tender age of 20) up until the year 2000 (when I retired) I worked on many of the most advanced rocket engines the world has ever produced.
Engines such as the F1 and J2 that placed Americans on the moon, and especially the magnificent (and still highest performing) rocket engine of all time in the SSME’s that powered the space shuttles. During that time I worked in all three major areas of any advanced manufacturing operation. In engineering, especially on the original B1A bomber. In manufacturing itself on numerous advanced projects. But for most of the time I worked in quality assurance from a precision parts inspector, to a quality assurance analyst.
So, I do think that I have some degree of knowledge of advanced manufacturing, and especially quality assurance. And although I do take a great deal of pride in what was done during that time, I am not bragging, just establishing my credentials for telling the truth!!
Robert Landers said, 4 months ago
@Robert Landers
Sorry about that , I should have meant “Boeing” in my first post, especially as bowing was not a word that the spell checker would have caught!
Peabody-Martini said, 4 months ago
Recalling a bit of history might be useful here. This isn’t the first time Boeing had had problems with new aircraft, not by a long shot. Human error mixed with a factory defect in the then brand new 767 resulted in the infamous “Gimli Glider” incident where an Air Canada flight lost both engines and electricity. At least the fire in Boston didn’t happen at 26,000 feet.
dtroutma
said, 4 months ago
The 787 certainly hasn’t been “rushed into production”, and many components are indeed NOT manufactured in the U.S., that’s in part the “global economy”, but also Boeing’s antipathy toward union labor has certainly increased, and exported jobs over the last couple decades.
Even despite the battery problem, the redundancy in civilian aircraft should NOT be done away with for “cost cutting”. I think I’d still rather fly a 787 than an A-380. Well, I’d rather fly on the Wright flyer than an A-380, but that’s another matter.
dannysixpack said, 4 months ago
i flew the 787 four times last year (before it was grounded). i’ve flown almost 1 million miles in the last 10 years. The Dreamliner is a WONDERFUL aircraft.