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Forum: Rumours & News
5th Apr 2024, 12:24
Replies: 705
Views: 199,779
Posted By OldnGrounded

Yup. The antitrust issues probably complicate...

Yup. The antitrust issues probably complicate negotiations, but it does seem like the most sensible way to deal with Spirit.
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Apr 2024, 11:38
Replies: 705
Views: 199,779
Posted By OldnGrounded

From Reuters, yesterday:Exclusive: Boeing, Airbus...

From Reuters, yesterday:Exclusive: Boeing, Airbus exploring framework to divvy up Spirit Aero's operations...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Mar 2024, 22:34
Replies: 705
Views: 199,779
Posted By OldnGrounded

Nothing in WillowRun's post implied that labor...

Nothing in WillowRun's post implied that labor reps have any such obligation. It simply questioned what Captain Tajer's goals might be. That seems to me a reasonable question.
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Mar 2024, 00:20
Replies: 705
Views: 199,779
Posted By OldnGrounded

Yup. Very, very likely indeed.

Yup. Very, very likely indeed.
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Mar 2024, 00:51
Replies: 705
Views: 199,779
Posted By OldnGrounded

I have no idea what the manual says about...

I have no idea what the manual says about lubricant for that procedure, but it's likely that the FAA wouldn't have cited in in the report if using Dawn was compliant.
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Mar 2024, 12:09
Replies: 705
Views: 199,779
Posted By OldnGrounded

We kinda-sorta trained on 52s (it was cursory) at...

We kinda-sorta trained on 52s (it was cursory) at USAF tech school when I was an enlisted newbie learning to turn wrenches in the dim, distant past. I remember being really impressed with the clever...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Mar 2024, 12:00
Replies: 705
Views: 199,779
Posted By OldnGrounded

That's true. However, the headline I cited isn't...

That's true. However, the headline I cited isn't part of an incident investigation. Like all headlines, it's a tool to attract attention. I read this one as intending to play on public distrust...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Mar 2024, 21:37
Replies: 705
Views: 199,779
Posted By OldnGrounded

I think it's clickbait unless there's evidence...

I think it's clickbait unless there's evidence that the damage isn't a result of the obviously most-likely factors. Unless the headline writer is completely clueless, s/he knows that readers will...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Mar 2024, 11:04
Replies: 705
Views: 199,779
Posted By OldnGrounded

Boeing should stock MAX cockpits with those...

Boeing should stock MAX cockpits with those sunglasses when the airplanes leave Renton. It might help to reduce the number of shameless clickbait headlines like this one on the runway...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Mar 2024, 00:39
Replies: 705
Views: 199,779
Posted By OldnGrounded

Quite right. That one doesn't appear to have...

Quite right. That one doesn't appear to have anything to do with the rudder at all. I was just responding, snarkily, to remi's post about the problematic history of 737 rudder issues. Either I or a...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Mar 2024, 17:00
Replies: 705
Views: 199,779
Posted By OldnGrounded

Maybe this time the manufacturer won't claim that...

Maybe this time the manufacturer won't claim that the UAL2477 pilot responded improperly to wake turbulence.
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Mar 2024, 11:58
Replies: 705
Views: 199,779
Posted By OldnGrounded

Yes, exactly this. As (merely) a well-informed...

Yes, exactly this. As (merely) a well-informed outsider, I'm pretty sure that simple oversights and process failures by OEMs are not straightforward single causes of typical serious accidents in...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Mar 2024, 01:47
Replies: 705
Views: 199,779
Posted By OldnGrounded

I haven't been able to read every recent post,...

I haven't been able to read every recent post, but I don't think this has been posted here yet. From MIT Press Reader:
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Feb 2024, 22:20
Replies: 705
Views: 199,779
Posted By OldnGrounded

Well . . . Did Ed Clark decide how many MAXes...

Well . . . Did Ed Clark decide how many MAXes would be built every month in that facility?

Also, reminder: Clark did not run the program for anything like 18 years.
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Feb 2024, 23:20
Replies: 705
Views: 199,779
Posted By OldnGrounded

If Ed Clark had told his BCA superiors, "Sorry,...

If Ed Clark had told his BCA superiors, "Sorry, but we can't produce that many MAXes, that fast, while delivering the aircraft our customers and their passengers expect," when would his departure...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Jan 2024, 17:30
Replies: 705
Views: 199,779
Posted By OldnGrounded

No, the US probably won't let Boeing fail, but...

No, the US probably won't let Boeing fail, but it's hard to see how it might coerce the kind of change that will be necessary to make BCA the sort of company it once was and ought to be again.
...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Jan 2024, 23:27
Replies: 705
Views: 199,779
Posted By OldnGrounded

We'll have to see the details of the approved...

We'll have to see the details of the approved instructions to know how clear the path to getting the MAX 9's off the ground will be.


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Forum: Rumours & News
24th Jan 2024, 01:22
Replies: 705
Views: 199,779
Posted By OldnGrounded

United pulls plans for Boeing’s biggest 737 Max...

United pulls plans for Boeing’s biggest 737 Max jet, after Max 9 groundings prove to be ‘straw that broke the camel’s back’...
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