Retrospective reflection
First post so be polite please.
I was one of thousands involved in design of B747, working at Seattle from 1966 to 1969. Delays like those happening on 787 would have bankrupt the Company. We used sliderules and early computers but kept to schedule; did the job in half the time taken for 787. We were called the Everett Incredibles and our motto was "Quality is King but the schedule is God".
Don't put money on latest schedule until Boeing has done the ultimate load tests - composite materials remain unpredictable