Originally Posted by
tdracer
The 787 has certainly had it's problems
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Part of the problem is most people still think of the 787 as a very small fleet with few hours - not realizing that there are already over 400 in service less than 5 years after EIS. By comparison it took ~8 years for the 777,~10 years for 767 and 757 models, and ~15 years for the DC-10 to reach 400 in-service aircraft. The L1011, MD-11, and A310 never even made 400 units.
Ask yourself, if this had been a 767 or an A330, would the OP even bothered to make the post?
Are you saying churning out more lemons faster is a great achievement. Because B777 and B737NG were rock solid airlines jumped on B787. When it noticed there are issues, it should have slowed down production.
Now it became so bad, only few airlines can deal with first 200 copies.
B787 was sold as P2P aircraft, but parts depots were located only 3-5 locations in the world, assuming they have the part in stock.
When it noticed lot of components are prematurely failing, they should have stocked more spares. But they ramped up production. Why?
Narita is a major B787 hub, and in this day and age of asset management world, Jetstar need not send a team and parts from Australia. Because B787 parts take time to show up anyway, airlines send their own teams to save money.
This should have been fixed in hours.
Even a G650 gone tech at a remote airport spends less time on ground than a commercial B787.