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Boeing is Suspending Production of the 737 MAX in January
Boeing will halt production of its 737 Max narrow-body jet in January, escalating the company's crisis as it prepares to end a year marked by accidents, scandals, and a plummeting public perception. (www.businessinsider.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Sack the board. Install a new CEO. Scrap the Max altogether. Hire aeronautical engineers and designers to build an aircraft from scratch that is worthy of the company name.
Couldn't agree more. I'd go one step further and put some of these despicable people in jail.
If it were up to me things would be better!
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I agree. The 737 had never a great plane for decades, but when before this, it was looking tired. They tweaked and fiddled one time too many, when they should have redesigned from the bottom up.
What that means for 400 parked planes, I really don't know.
What that means for 400 parked planes, I really don't know.
"The 737 had never a great plane for decades" (whatever that means)? So the best-selling airplane of ALL TIME hasn't been a great plane for decades? It's a perfectly suitable airframe, literally nothing wrong with it at all.
Boeing management, on the other hand, is a hot mess. Infected with Stonecipher's McDonnell-Douglas syndrome.
Boeing management, on the other hand, is a hot mess. Infected with Stonecipher's McDonnell-Douglas syndrome.
Sorry, autocorrect struck and I didn't check. I meant to say "has been" a great airframe - but it's been tweaked too many times, and compared to more modern frames, it looks very tired. And it's clearly over-reliant on software, which is inherently dangerous, implying an unbalanced airframe. When you compare the aged, much-tweaked body to the competition, there's a lot wrong with it - which is why, if they fail to find a fix (and it ain't looking good after all these months), then 400 planes will have to be cannibalised.
You heard it here first. Shouldn't have, but brand-loyalty tends to stop people saying what needs to be said.
You heard it here first. Shouldn't have, but brand-loyalty tends to stop people saying what needs to be said.
The airframe itself is fine, excellent even. And which airframes are you comparing it to, the Airbus family? Those airframes have their own issues, not the least of which is higher fuel consumption. As for it's reliance on software, that's garbage. The pilots of the two crashed aircraft weren't trained on a system that is as basic as runaway trim. They were poorly trained.
I may be a brand loyalist for reasons I won't discuss, but the aerodynamics of the vehicle is just fine. The corporate culture of Boeing is the issue with Boeing.
Lastly, as far as the much-tweaked aspect, I'm guessing you ONLY drive first-generation vehicles. No tweaking or fixing issues for you!
I may be a brand loyalist for reasons I won't discuss, but the aerodynamics of the vehicle is just fine. The corporate culture of Boeing is the issue with Boeing.
Lastly, as far as the much-tweaked aspect, I'm guessing you ONLY drive first-generation vehicles. No tweaking or fixing issues for you!
30 years of tweaks is one thing; 60 is another.
Even Boeing admit it wasn't pilot error (finally after months of lies).
If it was as you say, WTF isn't the thing flying now?
(Answer: Because - unfixed - it's a death trap)
Your brand loyalty is making you look a little silly.
Even Boeing admit it wasn't pilot error (finally after months of lies).
If it was as you say, WTF isn't the thing flying now?
(Answer: Because - unfixed - it's a death trap)
Your brand loyalty is making you look a little silly.
Odd how that 60-year-old can't-fly-without-software hoodwinked-the-FAA crashes-despite-no-mistakes death-trap of machine is still selling months after being grounded.
Your torch and pitchfork are making you look a little silly.
Your torch and pitchfork are making you look a little silly.
Don't be silly. And don't talk rubbish.
Southwest has just confirmed grounding until April - so anyone ordering now is either getting a very, very good deal (the price Boeing pays for fooling people like you), or is as gullible as you are.
I don't use a torch and pitchfork; just the facts, ma'am.
Look that up in your Funk & Wagnalls.
Southwest has just confirmed grounding until April - so anyone ordering now is either getting a very, very good deal (the price Boeing pays for fooling people like you), or is as gullible as you are.
I don't use a torch and pitchfork; just the facts, ma'am.
Look that up in your Funk & Wagnalls.