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I chose a flight using an Airbus 350 over a 787. I remember reading an article about how some Boeing employees are surprised the 787 planes don’t have more issues because their warnings about quality issues are ignored.
Besides not being a deathtrap, the A350 also has wider seats in economy due to a wider fuselage.
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I chose a flight using an Airbus 350 over a 787. I remember reading an article about how some Boeing employees are surprised the 787 planes don’t have more issues because their warnings about quality issues are ignored.
Besides not being a deathtrap, the A350 also has wider seats in economy due to a wider fuselage.
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I think the idea is that it used to be Boeing didn't have these kinds of problems, they managed themselves and made safer airplanes. At least they appeared safer.
Once they bought them out and became a monopoly that was deemed ‘not a monopoly’ they had room to relax and replaced engineers with finance people.
This is what happens when finance people make aircraft.
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I know myself and a couple other people who do the same, would be fascinating to see if it's common enough to show up in statistics. It's not even just the safety, the Boeing Dreamliner for example is shockingly uncomfortable to fly in.
> the Boeing Dreamliner for example is shockingly uncomfortable to fly in Struggling with this comment, I do a lot of long-haul and the dreamliner is a clear differentiator on arrival due to cabin pressure and humidity. Boeing seems to have made a lot of mistakes over the years but I seek out a dreamliner for anything over 8 hours. Perhaps you are the victim of the airline more than the aircraft itself?
Last month, I consciously chose a flight from the same airline that used an Airbus plane over a Boeing plane. I wonder if airlines have data showing that their Airbus flights are more popular than Boeing flights after adjusting differences.
Is there a browser addon that can list the type of plane next to the flight in popular flight search tools? (e.g. Google Flights, SkyScanner etc). I’d love such an addon.
Boeing is playing off its role as being so vital to national security that the government will keep it from suffering too much loss. Fair enough. However, if that is the case, then the bean counting management is guilty of sabotaging US national security by running Boeing into the ground for short term profits. The entire C-Suite of Boeing should be sentenced to multi-decade prison terms at IDF SuperMax for their sel…
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