Re: Today marks 11 years since the American/US Airways merger was announced

scbriml wrote:

Get with the program, people. Stop living in the past.

No.

Bring back the 757 line!

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Re: Is the 787-10 failure or underestimated

Look at all the TATL widebody frequencies, and for most 4,500 NM is fine. Buying everything for the edge cases is a foolish use of money. Look at comparisons as simple as A340-500 vs. A330-300 sales, or 77W vs. 777-200LR sales. So why was the 777-300 (non-ER) outsold by the 77W by a large margin?

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Re: The next new Airbus?

Single pilot cockpit would be the priority, this will save the airline lots of money.

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Re: Thai Airways orders 45(+35 options) 787s

What no-one seems to be speculating about is whether it is likely that all these aircraft will end up being delivered - it seems like a massive expansion for an airline that has traditionally struggled. I think I'd be very tempted to add at least half of them to the ASC606 list, but time will tell!...

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Re: Thai Airways orders 45(+35 options) 787s

Seems to be an order from December 2023. The sheer size of this order is pretty impressive. Congrats TG and Boeing !!! Any idea of which variants will make up this order? Would be a great improvement if they actually bring the 3 variants of the 787 family to streamline the fleet, the only thing is r...

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Re: Airbus ramps up work on clean sheet A320 successor

I suppose this new aircraft will be a perfect candidate for single pilot operations.

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Re: New quality glitch to delay some Boeing 737 MAX deliveries

astuteman wrote:

It's a lot harder to do on a much larger product produced at much lower volumes, such as a 737.
It is possible, though

Airbus seem to have mastered robotics on the A320 lines.

Boeing tried it on the 777 line but never got it to work.

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Re: Global Airlines buys an A380 from Doric for UK - US service

https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/h ... 87.article

Clark: Emirates will inspect 777 production

To ensure production quality Emirates will send its own engineers to observe 777 production: In an interview with the Financial Times published Sunday, Clark said he had seen a “progressive decline” in Boeing’s standards, which he put down to long-running management and governance missteps, includin...

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Re: Boeing’s Troubles

How about 787 issues. Next week, I am traveling on UA 1, SFO to SIN, which is a B789. Twice in the last 2 weeks, the flight has been cancelled due to mechanical issues! Obviously, we do not know if the problems are a fault of either UA or Boeing. But still, that is a pretty crappy track record! Whe...

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Re: Boeing 777X Testing / Production - 2024

Boeing now resuming production of 777X. How many have been rolled out to date? About 20 production frames. Article from 2022, when the production stop was announced: Speaking on CNBC Wednesday morning, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun said the 777X production halt is necessary to stop “producing airplanes w...

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Re: Should Boeing buy back the Wichita plant?

flipdewaf wrote:

PepeTheFrog wrote:

flipdewaf wrote:

Why?

Fred

Boeing owns a lot of wasteland around the South Carolina plant. Building a new airplane there would make a lot of sense, and would be far away from the unions.

Why to be far away from the unions?

Fred

I remember former CEO McNerney saying that Boeing management doesn't like unions.

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Re: Boeing 777X Testing / Production - 2024

Has there been any word as to when one will be painted in an airlines livery? I know there's much more bigger fish to fry before getting a paint job. Just curious... LN 1605 (Emirates, future A6-EZD) got its engines installed, so maybe it will be painted soon? See https://twitter.com/mattcawby/stat...

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Re: Should Boeing buy back the Wichita plant?

flipdewaf wrote:

SteelChair wrote:

Imho if Boeing were ever build another plant, it would be in the non union Southeast USA.

Why?

Fred

Boeing owns a lot of wasteland around the South Carolina plant. Building a new airplane there would make a lot of sense, and would be far away from the unions.

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Re: Air France-KLM News and Discussion - 2024

https://www.klmsafetyherald.com/klm-a321-neo-fleet

MSN 11895 should be the first, followed by MSN 12144, 12238 and 12254.

Re: Boeing 777X Testing / Production - 2024

Has there been any word as to when one will be painted in an airlines livery? I know there's much more bigger fish to fry before getting a paint job. Just curious... LN 1605 (Emirates, future A6-EZD) got its engines installed, so maybe it will be painted soon? See https://twitter.com/mattcawby/stat...

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Re: Boeing 777X Testing / Production - 2024

Boeing has given a timeline for the -8 freighter and -8 passenger models: https://leehamnews.com/2024/01/31/43796/#comments We are following the lead of the FAA as we work through the certification process including obtaining approval from the FAA to begin certification flight testing. We expect the...

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Re: Boeing narrows losses but holds off on 2024 guidance as 737 Max 9 crisis looms

readytotaxi wrote:

B7739 wrote:

Key Call Outs from the earnings call:
- current rate for 737 is 38 a month and will stay that way

Is that a good or bad number for Boeing ?

For now it is good, but Boeing was planning rate 57 by July 2025. So they can't stay at rate 38 for too long if they want to ramp up.

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Re: Boeing narrows losses but holds off on 2024 guidance as 737 Max 9 crisis looms

Still trying to figure out how Boeing got in today's mess: https://leehamnews.com/2024/01/31/43796/ “I’m still trying to get my head around how we got here,” Bank of America financial analyst Ron Epstein said during the call. After the two crashes, “wasn’t the 737 line, like the most scrutinized pro...

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Re: Boeing 737MAX 10 Development / Testing / Production - 2024

The MAX 10 also needs to be retrofitted with the yet to be developed anti-ice fix. The modifications will also have to be put back into the already certified versions of the MAX: the -8, -8200 and -9. They also apply to the -10, which is also yet to be certified. https://aviationweek.com/air-transpo...

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Re: Boeing 777X Testing / Production - 2024

B7739 wrote:

It’s interesting but the 777X that’s way more technologically different to the 777 has a more straightforward path to certification than the -7 or -10

It's not so straightforward if you take the 5-year delay into account.

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Re: Boeing has withdrawn its request for an exemption on the 737-7

To think that when SW receives their first MAX7 it could be over 8 years old as the first turns 6 years any day. Could this shorten the lifespan of the plane with SW? Not really since a plane's life is measured in flight hours and pressurisation cycles. except for corrosion, polymer and fluids degr...

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Re: Boeing narrows losses but holds off on 2024 guidance as 737 Max 9 crisis looms

B7739 wrote:

Key Call Outs from the earnings call:
- anti-ice fix will take 9 months to a year to develop and certify

so basically, MAX 7 and 10 deliveries slip into 2025.

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Re: Boeing has withdrawn its request for an exemption on the 737-7

The biggest and more important question is how this affects the -10? The -7 is mostly the unwanted child of the family anyway. If this change causes certification to be delayed to an unreasonable extent or the effort isn't worth it, I'm sure Boeing wouldn't mind canning the model in its entirety. O...

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Re: Boeing has withdrawn its request for an exemption on the 737-7

Spiderguy252 wrote:

Does this mean the -7 will take longer to get the green light?

I think so, a redesign is needed. This will affect certification.

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