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Montana Rail Link Train Derails Dumps 3 737 Fuselages In River
19 cars of a westbound Montana Rail Link train carrying aircraft parts (737 Fuselages), soybeans and denatured alcohol derailed near Superior yesterday. (newstalkkgvo.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
That is what Insurance is for... I am sure that will affect the production line of the 737...
Sure we can't pawn these off on Ryanair?
For all their faults and the bad comments that gets heaped on them, their safety record is impeccable. I doubt these will be in shape to pawn off on anybody.
I know, but they make it so easy to give them a hard time. Sort of like the kid with the "kick me" sign taped to his back.
That Airbus will go to any length to move an A321.
Last week 8 completed planes left the factory. They are delivering 42/month. The loss of 3 fuselage sections and other parts isn't going to make a very large 'dent' in production. The loss isn't all that large compared to the value of other components like wings, engines, avionics and other systems.
Without the fuselage, you cannot use any other of the parts that you deem more valuable. And those or subsequent parts will have to sit gathering dust waiting for replacements to arrive. That equates wasted money, wasted capacity.
Production capacity costs money. Three production slots is not exactly the sort of thing you bury in a spread sheet somewhere and hope shareholders and customers don't notice.
Customer:"How come my plane isn't ready?"
Boeing: "Well you really cannot expect Boeing to make everything we put in our aircraft?"
Production capacity costs money. Three production slots is not exactly the sort of thing you bury in a spread sheet somewhere and hope shareholders and customers don't notice.
Customer:"How come my plane isn't ready?"
Boeing: "Well you really cannot expect Boeing to make everything we put in our aircraft?"
That is one of the problems with JIT(Just In Time) processing.
No widget stock means, if it doesn't arrive, the line stops.
"For the want of a nail, a shoe was lost...."
No widget stock means, if it doesn't arrive, the line stops.
"For the want of a nail, a shoe was lost...."
Spirit in Wichita, and BNSF RR are just extensions of the Assembly line at Renton. MRL is an independent RR spun of off BN during labor trouble in the late 80's. They service a wide area for local traffic but connect with BNSF at both ends. Several trains are full BNSF trains, including power. Chances are, if pics were shown, this would have had BNSF power on it. As I said earlier, Railroad's version of a regional airline but a derailment can happen to anybody.
BN power on a run-through basis with MRL crews. Track repairs as shown is alone in the millions, cost of Hulcher (or like company) to extract cars is also in the millions. That kind of thing is self-insured. Lading however is covered by some sort of carrier depending on what it is. It's becomes part of the rate structure. Consider what the rates now are for crude from North Dakota.
Last I heard it was about $30 per barrel; that's one reason Mr. Obama ain't turning loose the keystone pipeline, on account of him and Mr. Buffet such good friends. Let them tankers roll. LOL
and them tank cars hold several barrels. LOL