Boeing MAX production cut signals long grounding
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Boeing MAX production cut signals long grounding
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Re: Boeing MAX production cut signals long grounding
#2Still making more than one a day. Maybe they're running out of places to park 'em.
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#3Not only a longer grounding, but some airlines are canceling orders and many passengers don't want to fly in them.
The 737 Max could become the Edsel of airplanes.
Re: Boeing MAX production cut signals long grounding
#4Still making more than one a day. Maybe they're running out of places to park 'em.
If by places you mean customers that sounds about right.
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#5I wonder how high the scandal goes. I mean does the CEO have to sign off on design decisions like the engine misplacement on the MAX?
Re: Boeing MAX production cut signals long grounding
#6Still making more than one a day. Maybe they're running out of places to park 'em.
If by places you mean customers that sounds about right.
Incorrect. They still have a backlog of 4600 planes to deliver. And they aren't laying anyone off.
https://www.npr.org/2019/04/05/710477435/boeing-to-slow-prod...
Re: Boeing MAX production cut signals long grounding
#7Not only a longer grounding, but some airlines are canceling orders and many passengers don't want to fly in them. The 737 Max could become the Edsel of airplanes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsel
Unlikely as there are no readily available replacement planes for airlines who need to replace their fleet. Airbus can only produce so many, the supply chains and production facilities just aren’t there. Even if Airbus somehow magically increased their production by 50%, Boeing would still sell 2000+ 737 MAX planes (or the previous generation 737 models)
Re: Boeing MAX production cut signals long grounding
#8Not only a longer grounding, but some airlines are canceling orders and many passengers don't want to fly in them. The 737 Max could become the Edsel of airplanes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsel
History suggests that people will forget this very quickly. I wouldn't be surprised to see Boeing 'rebrand' the plane as 737-8, but it probably won't be necessary.
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#9Like the Toyota unintended acceleration issue we need third parties to look at the flight control software and engineering decisions taken for the MAX line and give a an independent report.
Certainly not the FAA who delegated their oversight to Boeing.
346 people died because of their ineptitude.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
If by places you mean customers that sounds about right.
Incorrect. They still have a backlog of 4600 planes to deliver. And they aren't laying anyone off. https://www.npr.org/2019/04/05/710477435/boeing-to-slow-prod...
Then why are they slowing production? Interesting how the article doesn't explain that.
> had a common link of a malfunctioning flight-control software called MCAS.
My understanding is the software was fine, it was faulty sensors with no redundancy and poor feedback displays to pilots.