won't help sales............
H2
Le bus probably will dispute that premise.
The current problem is interesting as it has had a cluster in service that was not "apparently" evident during the flight test program, assuming the rear E/E fire in the test program was wiring related, not initiated by battery characteristics. Would be worth a review of that event to see if group think occurred in the FTA.
Boeing is pretty good at building planes when they get around to it... there is a lot of resources being allocated by all reports, and at the end of the day, there are alternatives for the case of just battery issues. For more in depth issues if identified, then system redesign is far more problematic, not necessarily going for the B763/GENX alternative... but there be dragons if the problems extend beyond the battery issues alone.
slides work... that is nice to get out of the way.
The buyers may be vocal and miffed with TBC, (A A-B etc) but in the end they profit from the current duopoly that exists, being able to play US vs EU for better deals. The fare payers have short memories, most times the attention span of the SLF does not extend to the pre departure safety briefing that is there for their well being, an example of the global ADHD pandemic that exists in todays twitter/facebook/TXT instant gratification world.
If OEM behaviour was seriously considered by the global masses, then TBC would already be in deep doo doo over the scandalous handling by the OEM and the regulator of the B737NG ringframes and the manufacturers disgraceful treatment of the QA inspectors that identified this gross breach of compliance to the TCDS by the outsource entity. That the FAA has failed to ground the B73NG's impacted by what can only be characterised as bogus parts that do not comply to the production drawings impacts the good standing of this agency. The position where the airlines and their NAA's take action on airworthiness that the OEM's NAA is reticent to undertake should be setting off alarm bells on the "state of the union..."