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Boeing needs cash to cover

NCD — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 05:23:48 +0000

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Boeing needs cash to cover the crashes and the Max grounding. Firing safety inspectors -

(1) saves payroll money increasing stock value and CEO compensation.

(2) reduces production of safety reporting records that are bad for companies reputation.

Here are New York Times two

artappraiser — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 04:55:16 +0000

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Here are New York Times two tweets on the April 20 whistleblower story:

After 2 Boeing 737 Max jets crashed, regulators and lawmakers are scrutinizing the company. Meanwhile, Boeing has increased the pace of 787 production and is said to be pushing to shrink its quality control staff by about 100 jobs in North Charleston. https://t.co/0IN0YkcM6Z
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 20, 2019

CNN, on negligence Boeing

NCD — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 03:15:47 +0000

In reply to Trump Gov't FAA Shutdown Delayed 737 Max 8 Fix

CNN, on negligence Boeing management pushing assembly line speed over safety, new report:

The FAA tells CNN it received the four hotline submissions on April 5, and it may be opening up an entirely new investigative angle into what went wrong in the crashes of two Boeing 737 Max commercial airliners -- Lion Air flight 620 in October and Ethiopian Air flight 302 in March.

Among the complaints is a previously unreported issue involving damage to the wiring of the angle of attack sensor by a foreign object, according to the source.

Boeing has reportedly had previous issues with foreign object debris in its manufacturing process; The New York Times reported metal shavings were found near wiring of Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes, and the Air Force stopped deliveries of the Boeing KC-46 tanker after foreign object debris was found in some of the planes coming off the production line.

It get$ worse.

NCD — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 14:29:05 +0000

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It get$ worse.

"As the pilots of the doomed Boeing jets in Ethiopia and Indonesia fought to control their planes, they lacked two notable safety features in their cockpits.

One reason: Boeing charged extra for them....

Sometimes these optional features involve aesthetics or comfort, like premium seating, fancy lighting or extra bathrooms. But other features involve communication, navigation or safety systems, and are more fundamental to the plane’s operations.

Many airlines, especially low-cost carriers....opted not to buy them — and regulators don’t require them.... One of the optional upgrades, the angle of attack indicator, displays the readings of the two sensors. The other, called a disagree light, is activated if those sensors are at odds with one another...." NYT

Another "option" is a backup fire extinguisher in the cargo hold, an illegal configuration in some nations like Japan, but OK with Boeing ang Boeings shills at the FAA.

We are not talking about charging extra for checked bags.

This is American business, money and profits over safety, and a government captured by those it is supposed to regulate. Deregulating is not the answer.

The irony is that he ran to

artappraiser — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 04:39:40 +0000

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There is great irony in that he ran to "MAGA" exactly as to this kind of thing, no? Political opponents should rub that in. On second thought, I imagine some campaign ads along those lines are being created already this evening....

Yes. No doubt about it.

NCD — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 04:28:15 +0000

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Yes. No doubt about it.

This on the original Max software fix approved by FAA-

NYT article today "To compensate for the engine repositioning, Boeing added MCAS to replicate the handling characteristics of earlier 737 models...”.

Comment from reader:

No....this plane is aerodynamically unstable as designed and MCAS is a bandaid meant to mitigate that fact. Boeing was too cheap to design a plane from scratch and so slapped these larger engines on an old design and fudged software to make it “ safe” to fly. Sorry, but this airframe was NOT designed to handle these engines, hence the tendency to pitch up.

Leakers tell all on Trump @

artappraiser — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 03:26:21 +0000

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Leakers tell all on Trump @ WashingtonPost.com:

Trump disparaged Boeing 737s in private before grounding the plane after deadly crash

The president, who equivocated over what to do since the Ethiopian Airlines tragedy, opined that Boeing’s most popular model paled in comparison to his own personal jet, a 757.

By Toluse Olorunnipa and Josh Dawsey, March 13 at 8:57 PM

As President Trump consulted with administration officials Wednesday over whether Boeing’s 737 Max jetliners should be grounded after a crash killed more than 150 passengers in Ethiopia over the weekend, he shared his pointed opinion of the type of plane in question.

In his words, it “sucked.”

The president said Boeing 737s paled in comparison to the Boeing 757, known as Trump Force One, which he owns as a personal jet, according to White House and transportation officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. He questioned why Boeing would keep building the model and opined that he never would have bought a 737 for the Trump Shuttle, the small airline he briefly ran three decades ago that relied on 727s before going bankrupt, the officials said.

Later in the day, Trump agreed with his aides that the Federal Aviation Administration, as the industry regulator, should formally announce the decision to ground the 737 Max planes, according to two White House officials. But when reporters were brought into the White House for a previously scheduled immigration event, he scrapped the plan.

“We’re going to be issuing an emergency order of prohibition to ground all flights of the 737 Max 8 and the 737 Max 9 and the planes associated with that line,” Trump announced, catching some industry officials by surprise.

The chaotic scene capped a harried three-day period in which the United States lagged almost every other major country [....]

Trump added to the confusion Wednesday by suggesting that the decision to ground the plane was “psychologically” important but was neither urgent nor conclusive.

“We didn’t have to make this decision today. We could have delayed it,” he said Wednesday. “We maybe didn’t have to make it at all. But I felt it was important both psychologically and in a lot of other ways.”

The equivocation reflected an administration that was reluctant to take the step of imposing a nationwide suspension initially opposed by Boeing, the country’s second-largest federal contractor.

Trump was inclined to announce a grounding on Tuesday, but he received pushback from the FAA, which had not yet reached a decision, according to officials familiar with the deliberations. But Trump also equivocated himself, telling advisers that grounding planes would cause panic and could hurt the stock market, according to two people who spoke to him [....]

The United States used to be

rmrd0000 — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 03:16:04 +0000

In reply to Ethiopia snt the black boxes

The United States used to be the gold standard for airline safety. The country is no longer trusted. The Boeing Max 8 should have been shut down in the United States first. We knew there was a problem.

Ethiopia snt the black boxes

NCD — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 01:32:59 +0000

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Ethiopia sent the black boxes to the EU, in France and possibly Germany, not the US NTSB as the Trump administration requested.

Trump is grounding the

rmrd0000 — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 18:40:41 +0000

In reply to Trump Gov't FAA Shutdown Delayed 737 Max 8 Fix

Trump is grounding the aircraft

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-grounds-boeing-737-max-8-and-9-fleet