Talk about jumping the gun.
I said I think outsourcing and modularization is lunacy, not that a firm like Boeing cannot make it work.
And they have.
My few issues have to do with the BATTERY. Collaterally with assembly, and with
possibly a problem with spec.
But MOSTLY with the possibility that BOEING may have acted unilaterally, without disclosure, and illegally, in the way they addressed a very serious problem.
No company can change the design and performance of an approved OEM safety required device without first disclosing the problem to FAA.
No one.
They appear to have replaced sufficient batteries to refit the entire fleet, PRIOR TO DISCLOSURE to the authority, whose job it would be then to assess the problem, accept or reject new solutions, and perhaps issue an AD.
Not to mention disclosing to the public the nature of the issue.
Something stinks, and it is not Interdisciplinary Disciplines. Well, actually......