Originally Posted by
Takwis
For comparison, on November 11th, they were saying "1700+ (link removed)"
Reading those announcements (1700 or 1850 hours) carefully shows it doesn't mean anything:
So in November Boeing stated
”900+ test
and production flights with
new software totaling 1700+ hours
".
Now we're hearing "Boeing told attendees the company has flown 1,850 flight hours with
the software updates".
Note that in the Nov announcement (1700+ hours) it was test and PRODUCTION flights. Also, it was "with new software" or "the software updates", but no specifics mentioned as to what softwares were updated in those flights.
Does it count if the coffee machine was updated? Inflight entertainment system updated with new movie releases? Sounds like a software update...
I'm guessing that out of the 900+ flights, 800 or so account for ferrying grounded planes to storage.