Cheese
Bitter lover
Suicidal people are often in good spirits once they have earnestly decided to end their life. It smells fishy nonetheless.
Another problem for Boeing 737 Max
- Thread starter Sonority
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Jamie
pfm Member
Boeing chief executive Dave Calhoun to leave as firm faces safety crisis
Dave Calhoun will leave the planemaker at end of this year amid a deepening crisis over its safety record.
www.bbc.co.uk
Tony L
Administrator
“Last year, Ed Pierson was supposed to fly from Seattle to New Jersey on Alaska Airlines. He boarded his flight, but then he had an urgent discussion with the flight attendant, explaining that as a former senior Boeing engineer, he'd specifically requested that flight because the aircraft wasn't a 737 Max:
https://www.cnn.com/travel/boeing-737-max-passenger-boycott/index.html
But for operational reasons, Boeing had switched out the equipment on the flight and there he was on a 737 Max, about to travel cross-continent, and he didn't feel safe doing so. He demanded to be let off the flight. His bags were offloaded and he walked back up the jetbridge after telling the spooked flight attendant, "I can’t go into detail right now, but I wasn’t planning on flying the Max, and I want to get off the plane."”
https://www.cnn.com/travel/boeing-737-max-passenger-boycott/index.html
But for operational reasons, Boeing had switched out the equipment on the flight and there he was on a 737 Max, about to travel cross-continent, and he didn't feel safe doing so. He demanded to be let off the flight. His bags were offloaded and he walked back up the jetbridge after telling the spooked flight attendant, "I can’t go into detail right now, but I wasn’t planning on flying the Max, and I want to get off the plane."”
PsB
Citizen of Nowhere™
At last! But why wait for year end? He's had plenty of time to pack his stuff.Boeing chief executive Dave Calhoun to leave as firm faces safety crisis
Dave Calhoun will leave the planemaker at end of this year amid a deepening crisis over its safety record.www.bbc.co.uk
Cheese
Bitter lover
In our times, it's the contrary which would be worrying.
narabdela
who?
Boeing plane engine cover falls off prompting investigation
The Southwest Airlines flight had to return to Denver International airport shortly after taking off.
www.bbc.com
Not the Max, but worrying nonetheless.
Barrymagrec
pfm Member
Almost certainly an airline maintenance error I would have thought but it still adds to Boeing`s poor image.
Tony Lockhart
Avoiding Stress, at Every Opportunity
If every single maintenance error on Airbus aircraft was publicised, the public would be very worried. That just doesn’t suit the agenda. Yet.
palindrome
Thru a hedge, backwards and forwards.
I can't but help having Bill Watterson spring to mind whenever I catch up on this thread - 'Scientific Progress Goes Boink!'
His observations, sometimes subtle, on the march of technology and the assumptions we make. And how much of it is not only unnecessary, but has adverse effects, or is quite pointless. But we invent a use, or need, for it; come to rely on it; take it for granted; assume it will always be fit for purpose. Until it isn't. . . And then the CEO is awarded a 45% pay rise as a reward . . . for his loyalty to a failing product/business. Pure Watterson.
John
His observations, sometimes subtle, on the march of technology and the assumptions we make. And how much of it is not only unnecessary, but has adverse effects, or is quite pointless. But we invent a use, or need, for it; come to rely on it; take it for granted; assume it will always be fit for purpose. Until it isn't. . . And then the CEO is awarded a 45% pay rise as a reward . . . for his loyalty to a failing product/business. Pure Watterson.
John
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Bob McC
Living the life of Riley
The two 737maxs that fell out of the sky were not down to maintenance errors.
Sue Pertwee-Tyr
Accuphase all the way down
No, but the fact that an engine cowling (which is removed for maintenance by the airline's own maintenance staff) was not properly reattached is much more likely to be down to a failure of maintenance than a design or manufacturing issue, especially in a 9 year old aircraft. So this one is probably on the airline, not Boeing. Yet it is being touted in some circles as 'yet another Boeing **** up'.
I'm sure contracts and lawyers are involved but the optics are terrible.
A sane voice. Thanks!
Tony Lockhart
Avoiding Stress, at Every Opportunity
On LinkedIn today
That doesn’t look like any sort of real training to me, just lots of people being talked at.
That doesn’t look like any sort of real training to me, just lots of people being talked at.
Sue Pertwee-Tyr
Accuphase all the way down
Actionable plans, tracked to closure.
Yep, that’s gonna do it. Obvs.
Yep, that’s gonna do it. Obvs.
suzywong
Wot, no electrons?
Been on a few of those, stuck post it notes on boards, done the role playing (but not unfortunately in the D&D manner - so no “Fireball spells at one hundred paces“), and similar
But to misquote l’empereur Napoleon, “All plans go to rats on first contact with the management.”
But to misquote l’empereur Napoleon, “All plans go to rats on first contact with the management.”
topa
Sans CDPs
On the other hand, if Airbus had had two planes go down like that, US lawyers would have sued the company into the ground. Not so with Boing of course.
Tony Lockhart
Avoiding Stress, at Every Opportunity
But those incidents weren’t the topic at that point in the thread. The constant publicising of any incident they can find achieves nothing for Boeing, airlines, passengers, airport employees, maintenance industry employees,etc etc. It only serves the lying, pointless, moronic media and their moronic readers.