Originally Posted by
edmundronald
Do you people really think the 787 Dreamliner battery problems would have been tackled smartly if the press hadn't got behind it? I remind you, the holes in the swiss cheese were possibly some faulty cells, really bad design, self-certification in a company with no chinese walls, benign neglect by the FAA.
Horse hockey. If you actually believe that B787 operators (and the manufacturer) had no interest in fixing the issue then you'd best build a padded room and never leave it again.