Is this another Swissair MD11 accident, except it happened on ground, without crew & pax being involved and too far from professional firefighters with proper kit?
I reword the question I posed in the original 787 grounding discussion:
Was there one or more grumpy old f**t with a long flying/line-engineering pedigree on the Boeing design team, and if not, then why not?
Perhaps such an animal would ask questions and quote incident/accident reports which would make the rest of the "Children of Magenta" team squirm uneasily in their seats and possibly think long and hard before venturing down the Li-On and other innovative but risky solutions?!
Other postings here imply that all is not harmonious sunshine and happiness in the Boeing family, so maybe those at the top of the food chain there had better review their choice of whizz-kids who drool at the thought of new and unproven technology and get back to K I S S basics whilst still producing good kit, or Monsieur HiTecq in Toulouse may win the war in the end?
