568 in answer to my suggestion that some aircraft could be delivered to their intended purchasers.
MAX’s Return Delayed by FAA Reevaluation of 737 Safety Procedures
There may also be a problem with the insurance underwriters until "the fix" is in place.
Customer acceptance flights probably haven't taken place on the parked jets.
Indeed, the problems would be mind-bending, but perhaps not as horrific as the spectre of these beautiful hulls in say, red hot Arizona dust. It is just one possible plan for minimising a situation that must be beyond Boeing's worst nightmare.
Icarus
Quote:So how to get them there.
Flap extended, crew only ferry flights have already happened.
Yes, I am aware and agree that you had to read between my lines to see that I inferred the need to cruise normally. If the movement of one lever can cut it out, surely there must be a way of temporarily fooling the system.
Acceptance flights? Well, since they won't be flown for a while, is it conceivable the flight tests could be flown in the future at destination. I suppose the spectre of factory fixes have to be taken into account. Also, I am assuming the software fixes will be akin to an ordinary on-board download. Maybe black boxes will be changed as well. I wonder just what the fix entails.
Whatever, my notion of kind-of half-delivering some aircraft, really is not a very cunning plan but my heart bleeds for Boeing. I can feel anger but the thought of this company going down fills me with dismay. The aged design concept that is the 737 has carried a
lot of people since 1967. And just as an aside, I recall a Boeing salesman in Texas telling me that Britannia were the highest utilisation airline in the world. >19 hours per 24. Just one of the little memories that stick in the mind.