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Old 23rd Sep 2019, 18:11
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JonEMA
 
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Originally Posted by golfyankeesierra
In the quoted Times article in post 61, what do they mean by grounding?

Do they expect more groundings in absence of replacement turbine blades, or do they mean grounding as in “downtime” to in install replacement blades which are becoming more and more available due to RR “accelerated efforts”, effectively “ungrounding” the RR 787?
Who knows, but my sense is that's it's less about replacing the blades and more about the rate at which they can complete the work and for whom..

Clarity need by the airline ....
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