Originally Posted by
gordonfvckingramsay
My only ‘agenda’, if I must have one, would be to put it out there that P&W have unleashed a power plant that has given a bunch of airlines around the world a real headache.
It makes you ponder how an engine that has to be nursed every day was ever certified. If this problem cropped up after several thousand hours of operation, it could be deemed unforeseen, but after 300-400??? Must have been a very special test program.
If you would've read the link I posted you would have seen that the P&W GTF issues were more the initial builds that are progressively being upgraded with more durable parts, better airflow cooling and EEC software updates. It'll take a few more years until all the existing engines worldwide are upgraded to the better standard, but the new build engines have the upgrade from the start. The GTF has better reliability than the V2500 at comparable stages in their lifespans
https://simpleflying.com/pratt-whitn...map-explained/
As it takes 2 months to do the upgrade then whatever happened to X4A the other day was not related.