Originally Posted by
Mike Flynn
What are the chances of it being recertified and flying across the world by easter 2020?
The other big question is what is Boeing planning to do with all those airframes if it is not?
Do not think Boeing actually owns these undelivered airframes.
My impression is that the aircraft are built to order and that substantial progress payments are involved, so that Boeing's production cash flow may actually be positive.
The only glitch is when there is no customer acceptance upon completion, so Boeing does not get the final delivery payment while the aircraft rests at Moses Lake.That amount may be substantial, but probably not ruinous for Boeing even with a year long delivery hold.
The aircraft customers are very much worse off, their progress payments are lying fallow, with no obvious recourse.
That these entities have thus far remained essentially passive, not pressing for a more immediate return to flight solution, suggests that they were as surprised as the FAA by the process failures uncovered by this inquiry. Legal action seems inevitable, no matter how this gets resolved.