Originally Posted by
FlexibleResponse
This is a very scary scenario when an aircraft manufacturer decides that the best fix (at least in the short term) is to improve the ability to contain Lithium ion battery fires and explosions that are probable (a certainty?) with statistically significant number of flight cycles over the next year or so.
I haven't seen any quotes yet about what the operating airlines think. It will be their reputation, and their liability insurance, that will be on the line. I would expect them to tell Boeing where they can stick such a proposal.