Something must be seriously wrong for FAA and EASA to ground the 787
I was quietly amazed that the FAA grounded the 787, which of course was followed too by EASA (Can I hear EADS applauding in the background) . I was in shorts the last time the FAA grounded an airliner (DC-10 I recall) in the mid 1970s.
I have been critical of the FAA and EASA before for not grounding other aircraft when lives have been lost in highly dubious circumstances (Rudder PCUs in Boeing 737s, and ADIRU/Pitot problems in Airbus A330s).
I wonder what has changed the approach of the FAA, unless there really is something that bad with the 787....