The flight deck crew of a new operator of the C series managed to flub the switching order of a system panel during the after start procedure which eventually lead to a self-inflicted system issue that required the aircraft to RTB.
Bombardier's faulty product or new operator oopsy? Thank gawd the aeroplane doesn't have lithium batteries.
Remember the wisdom forecast in this thread earlier about Bombardier's imminent demise? Well...
Boeing to take a $2.1 Billion 2Q hit across 787, 747-8, and KC-46 programs
Money from the multitude of B-737 Maxs' sold won't be in Boeing's coffers for a few more years. Quarterly losses like this at a company the size of Boeing with the sales figures and military contracts it holds cannot be sustained over multiple quarters. Yet not many on here seem willing to acknowledge they are under immense financial stress and are moving closer to the edge than ever before where failure of this company is possible. A $2 Billion loss in any quarter with the sales figures this company has racked up is by no means the end of Boeing any more than an infusion of $2 Billion (from ANY backer) into Bombardier's future means their demise is any more imminent either.
The duopoly is under siege. Good luck to Bombardier moving ahead.
Willie
