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Old 24th Apr 2019, 16:48
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Originally Posted by racedo
Being serious as Boeing will have to rework every single plane and everything will need recertifying so it could be 6-9 months. In addition nobody will be taking deliveries of them either so your production schedule is shot for 2 years. Boeing will be lucky if cost is under $2 billion because of delays, rework and compensation. Every single plane will need this and they haven't even started yet hence my timetable may be too short. Just updating a piece of software like a laptop will not bring confidence back.
Ok quoting own post but Boeing costs to end of March were $1 billion and it hasn't started retro fitting yet.

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