This latest delay doesn't surprise me.....
I have just come back from the Paris Air show, where the silence on the B787 was deafening!
2 years ago, at Le Bourget, the talk was all of the imminent roll out of the 787, and how Airbus had missed the bus with the A350....
Here we are, a full 23 months after the roll out, and no first flight....OK, so Boeing have 800+ orders for it, but how many will it have, if this charade goes on much longer?
So far we have had... "fastener problems with sub contractors".... "Machinist's strike".........."Flight control software problems"....."Management changes"...and now "Structural questions".....
Come on Boeing, sort it out, even the Concorde had flown by now! (Dec.67 - Mar. 69)
The A350 is looking a much better bet as every day goes by...unless Airbus are plagued by similar problems....but I wouldn't put any money on it!
What a mess!