Originally Posted by
Grebe
YIKES ! significant issue re cracks from another site if true
50 percent of those > 25000 cycles in one airline checked with cracks
Leehams is reporting today that the incidence is 5% over the first 500 inspected.
https://leehamnews.com/2019/10/08/bo...-2/#more-31313
The airline with 50% may just be unlucky, more likely some factor in their operation leads to higher loads in that area. Article says retrofit winglets may also be a factor.
The other not-so-bad news is expected repair time of 3 weeks (not as bad as your 40 days) and that 25 sets of new forks are currently available - what happens when those are gone may be interesting, IF the MAX part is the same then presumably some will be available due to slowing production, if not and the 25 were all the spares in stock then I guess later groundings could be longer.