It is not an order it is a cancellation. UA ordered 70 A321neos. That is an indisputable fact, even if it is accompanied by a cancellation (which there is no indication it is). Do you have evidence the A359 order was cancelled? I was just pointing out that a cancellation can be reported at a differ...
Jump to postIt is not an order it is a cancellation.
Jump to postOrder has been offically announced -150 737 Max 10 -50 737 MAX 8 -70 A321neo https://hub.united.com/united-adds-270-boeing-and-airbus-aircraft-to-fleet-largest-order-in-airline-s-history-and-biggest-by-a-single-carrier-in-a-decade-2653586391.html I m intrigued by this from the United link: "th...
Jump to postNormally I would agree, but we have seen similar behaviour with the 737MAX and also on the 787 production line with quality control being handled very loosely. So we have seen this corner cutting in the development teams but also on the running production line, which imho means that it is not a pro...
Jump to postSeems like some unfair generalizations are being made. In my experience you can find plenty of mid level managers that have the same traits as you say upper management has, after all that's where upper managers come from. Technical work is very demanding, if you don't stay fully engaged you lose yo...
Jump to postMy conclusion is that it is not a executive problem but actually a middle management problem stemming from the low oversight that was granted for so long. What should happen is actually that the execs either cull the middle management/highest engineering level and replace it with fresh faces or res...
Jump to postI think it is a bit harsh to criticize management for the setbacks of the 777X. What they definitely lack is transparency but the issue (from what I understand) is that the goal posts were shifted due to the MAX fiasco. The 777X was in development before the MAX crashes, all the processes and desig...
Jump to postThis is where it went wrong, 2014 : https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303948104579534233968514184 Boeing was bruised by the 787 development drama and caught off guard by the NEO's runaway success and 777 customer's A350 desertions. Congress, FAA, Boeing and its supply chain where working...
Jump to postIn turning down the 777X for TIA readiness, the FAA also cited a finding that the supplier of the avionics provided “inadequate peer review” in a safety analysis “resulting in inconsistencies … and incorrect reuse of 787 data.” If the FAA catches this, it must have been blindingly obvious and the c...
Jump to postObviously make a MRTT -800 is not hard from the airframe point of view, but you would need to re-certify the plane for all receivers.
Jump to postIf you are outnumbered 8:1 and facing a near-peer enemy, it really does not matter.
Jump to postWould you all agree with this? If not, which part do you disagree with? 1) Many missions do not require stealth, and are best done without paying the cost of stealth. Examples: ground attack and patrol. 2) If it's a deep penetration raid into a serious air defense system, or a head-to-head BVR air ...
Jump to postProbably the elegant way to buy nothing.
Jump to postWhy do you give a freighter a livery? Plain white would do, especially if you do many wetleases.
Jump to postNot 2, as any advantages in signal processing will not change the difference between a stealthy and a non stealthy target.
Jump to postWhy would htey do this, when the -10 just had it´s first flight? The MAX has many succesful years ahead of it. It depends on how you measure successful. If you look at the numbers in isolation, as in selling an airframe and making money of it, the 737MAX can be successful, but you need to write of ...
Jump to postWhy add another type anyway. Just follow up with more KC-46s and be done with it.
Jump to post4 it is. Against F-35 the types you mentions are just targets.
Jump to postWhy would htey do this, when the -10 just had it´s first flight? The MAX has many succesful years ahead of it.
Jump to postYou do not need the same fuselage diameter for that either. If planed for a robotic line can do varsious fuselage diameters without extra costs.
Jump to postUA444 wrote:Still curious why this and others hasn’t gotten interest from cargo carriers yet. Some of DL’s have.
I think that is just wrong. The accountants also drooled about the idea of an A380-1000, which would allow you to fly the same number of pax as 4 747s with only 2 A380s. Half the crews, half the flights, and probably less than half the fuel consumption - what is not to like about it? They failed whe...
Jump to postThe strategic decision was never hard. If Boeing is not outright lying, the 737-8 is competitive and making them money. The 787 is dominating the A330. So the outlook is that they should be okay in any tender up to 737-8 size. Suffering with the 737-9 and 737-10 and winning with the 787. Doing a new...
Jump to postWell to be honest your side has made it easy by their own incompetence the past decade or so. I don't understand why posters get angry at other posters when it is their favourite OEM causing them the grief. As for your post, well we know the histories of the aircraft. You are trying to be clever to...
Jump to postOutside the medical professionals working with vulnerable persons, I think it is not the time to go after those unwilling to take a vaccine and the resources would be better spent on sending those shots to people desperately wanting to get vaccinated. Once we have offered a chance to get the shot to...
Jump to postAnd that means enough people on the global scale. 90% vaccinated in the USA and 5% in Africa, won´t help unless you restrict travel.
Jump to postAnd those variants will propagate anyway, as long we are not reaching a global herd immunity or as long as we do severely restrict travel.
Jump to postWould it not be easier to vaccinate the vulnerable and not force healthy and informed people to take the vaccine?
Jump to postAnd as far as I know the US has an ample supply of vaccines with no such limitations. Other countries do have a limited supply and limitations on the use of some vaccines.
Jump to postHouston Methodist has 22,000+ employees. Their HR department is likely 50 people or less. The type of analysis you're describing will never happen at an employer this large - it's costly and impractical given the situation. Well, it would be down to the employee to show why the vaccination is an un...
Jump to postNobody is being forced to do anything. They can make a choice. 1) Get the vaccine 2) Get a different job. Methodist is the hospital where everyone wants to work. Good culture. Good pay. Good resources for patient care. You don't have a fundamental right to work there (or anywhere, really). If you w...
Jump to postForcing people to take the vaccine is a crime imho. Nobody is being forced to do anything. They can make a choice. 1) Get the vaccine 2) Get a different job. Methodist is the hospital where everyone wants to work. Good culture. Good pay. Good resources for patient care. You don't have a fundamental...
Jump to postI think 40% marketshare might be optimistic this decade. On top of that price/ margin is essential. I agree and that's really the point. Boeing was losing market share even before the pandemic and the MAX debacle. I get all the arguments about the economics of a new airplane being prohibitive, but ...
Jump to postIn this instance people are not being forced to take a vaccine. A medical faculty is acknowledging that the threat posed by SARS-coronavirus-2 can be mitigated by vaccination (the data to support this view are overwhemling) ergo if you want to work there you are obliged to mitigate threat you pose....
Jump to postOf course they'll bid, but there's only slightly more than a snowball's chance that that bid will be successful (and I'd argue) even considered on anything more than a superficial basis for fiscal responsibility, barring a default exclusivity. I think we will see. the GTF surely has changed the gen...
Jump to postForcing people to take the vaccine is a crime imho. In this instance people are not being forced to take a vaccine. A medical faculty is acknowledging that the threat posed by SARS-coronavirus-2 can be mitigated by vaccination (the data to support this view are overwhemling) ergo if you want to wor...
Jump to postWhen Airbus or Boeing are looking for a new engine for a widebody, P&W will bid.
Jump to postForcing people to take the vaccine is a crime imho.
Jump to postBoeing HAS to make the Max a winning program, it’s not just about restoring their good name but they need to buy time while new technologies mature, particularly engines This is going to be a few years, it would be senseless to start developing a clean sheet 737 replacement now without a step chang...
Jump to postWe see developments looking at piston engines up to around 2000HP, it makes sense that the turboprop/ open rotor then aims for the lower thrust turbofans.
Jump to postI wonder if this was that "big announcement" instead of that supersonic plane. Seems to me GE + Safran as CFM announcing a new open-rotor design for the mid-2030s will be much more disruptive to the airliner business than any supersonic plane will be. The engine industry is always the bes...
Jump to postA conventional fuel burning tube with wings is a risky solution anyway,. Maybe the replacement to the 737 are 2 airplanes. One hybrid short range optimized plane and a larger medium to long range optimized plane using conventional engines? It looks like CFM thinks the same thing, with the smaller s...
Jump to postA conventional fuel burning tube with wings is a risky solution anyway,. Maybe the replacement to the 737 are 2 airplanes. One hybrid short range optimized plane and a larger medium to long range optimized plane using conventional engines?
Jump to postAs the competition is not more climate friendly or efficient, the 737 is just fine. And yes, a 737 won´t cut it in 2045, but neither would an A320.
Jump to post“El ataque de los tomates asesinos”. Yes with a difference. This is (was) a rare example of a Boeing 707-400, complete with intact Conway engines, not a cannibalised leftover to which I would have no objection even myself. But it spoiled the scenery and the picture Germans want us to have about the...
Jump to postIt is just an old plane and not some valuable relic. Good that they finally scrap it.
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