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Forum: Rumours & News
17th Dec 2019, 10:18
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

As soon as you see the stereotypical cliché...

As soon as you see the stereotypical cliché "safety is our highest priority" roll off the tongue, as indeed Boeing came out with again just a day or two ago, you just know that some after the event,...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Dec 2019, 00:14
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

Not only that, this statement was made to the...

Not only that, this statement was made to the Securities & Exchange Commission. Now the SEC are no fools, and if they determine that Boeing has been peddling nonsense about service re-entry and...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Dec 2019, 15:30
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

Well you are entitled to your opinion about the...

Well you are entitled to your opinion about the "pros". I have found their statements through this situation anything but accurate, going back to the earlier days. Time was when the, extraordinarily...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Dec 2019, 16:33
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

This sounds just like Boeing's "within 3 months...

This sounds just like Boeing's "within 3 months from today" pronouncements, which have been a recurring item since last Spring.
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Dec 2019, 23:49
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

I have commented on this before, it is almost as...

I have commented on this before, it is almost as if Wall Street cannot see that the Boeing balance sheet, instead of having $10bn of cash in it, looks pretty much the same but has $10bn of Stock &...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Nov 2019, 09:17
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

Maybe some relevance to the current situation. If...

Maybe some relevance to the current situation. If in February 1959 the aircraft (in fact all jets) had only been in service for a few months, like the Max incidents. All the crew, despite prior...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Oct 2019, 15:15
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

Notable we all seem to have heard different...

Notable we all seem to have heard different things.

Mine was that the existing gear was the maximum that could be folded between the lower fuselage main frame/spar members; any larger gear than...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Oct 2019, 10:05
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

This doesn't sound quite right. The Japan Air...

This doesn't sound quite right. The Japan Air Lines MD-11 were delivered (only 10 of them) in a trickle 1993-97, before McDD merged with Boeing. I presume therefore he actually worked for McDonnell...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Oct 2019, 09:55
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

The continuing production of 737s, with no...

The continuing production of 737s, with no apparent delivery date on the horizon, is a further example. These are being put into Boeing's accounts as assets at the complete once-anticipated sale...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Sep 2019, 19:44
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

Has Muilenburg stopped talking to EASA ? In...

Has Muilenburg stopped talking to EASA ?

In fact, did he ever start ?
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Sep 2019, 09:55
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

That's just a nonsense; claiming that EASA's...

That's just a nonsense; claiming that EASA's professional concerns are done out of "being political" is the sort of Boeing management attitude that got us here in the first place. The Max has very...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Sep 2019, 22:08
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

BBC reporting today that EASA will not accept FAA...

BBC reporting today that EASA will not accept FAA certification and will do own tests

"Patrick Ky, Easa's chief executive, revealed a list of four conditions given to the US authorities in a...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Sep 2019, 20:09
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

This just reminds me of one of our own...

This just reminds me of one of our own programmers' responses to a fault issue. "Works As Coded". Well of course it Works As Coded. All computer programs do. But the coding is fundamentally wrong.
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Aug 2019, 11:23
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

Probably all of them. You don't order new...

Probably all of them. You don't order new aircraft at USD 120m a pop without having a very good idea of exactly how you are going to use them for revenue generation, worked out to the day. Your...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Aug 2019, 12:40
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

I don't know if you have followed the story, but...

I don't know if you have followed the story, but this Gung-Ho attitude is precisely what got us to this position in the first place. Boeing did NOT build a safe product, they DID mess around with a...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Aug 2019, 19:22
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

It's notable that, early in this thread, when one...

It's notable that, early in this thread, when one or two suggested that the Max was finished and would never be certified again, they were dismissed as ludicrous buffoons.

Now, looking at the...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Aug 2019, 10:10
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

The other consideration here is that if design...

The other consideration here is that if design benchmarks are based on the "average U.S. pilot", 50% of those U.S. pilots will fall below this.
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Aug 2019, 20:00
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

. This is just arrogance and insulting to the...

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This is just arrogance and insulting to the "rest of the world". Maybe Boeing should be restricted to only selling their products in the USA.
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Aug 2019, 11:49
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

Well that very Reuters article linked states that...

Well that very Reuters article linked states that Boeing is still working to October (2019). And I guess they are quite well tied in to the Boeing newsline.

Of course, everyone else regards...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Aug 2019, 23:24
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

Sunwing Canada takes the Max out of timetables to...

Sunwing Canada takes the Max out of timetables to May 2020 - the longest yet.

https://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCAKCN1V529S-OCABS

That's more than a year's anticipated grounding....
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Jul 2019, 16:35
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

Muilenburg is a real disappointment in all this....

Muilenburg is a real disappointment in all this. He seriously appears to think that the only thing that matters is the share price, for he seems to have all the time for extensive meetings and...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Jul 2019, 10:13
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

I wonder how the cash flow is going. Airlines do...

I wonder how the cash flow is going. Airlines do not pay all the money at delivery, they make (commonly financed) progress payments as production goes along. Are they still expected to make these...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Jun 2019, 22:40
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

Boeing did an all-new 787. That didn't work out...

Boeing did an all-new 787. That didn't work out particularly smoothly either.

Regarding grandfathering of certificates and qualifications, we've discussed the PowerPoint training and penalties for...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Jun 2019, 17:24
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

That is indeed correct and appropriate. However...

That is indeed correct and appropriate. However there's a subtext there that some political manoeuvring will occur between foreign certification authorities and that of the US.
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Jun 2019, 10:09
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

American Airlines CEO Douglas Parker says the Max...

American Airlines CEO Douglas Parker says the Max grounding is now down to politics

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/23/american-airlines-ceo-politics-a-factor-in-return-of-boeings-737-max.html
...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Jun 2019, 21:06
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

Now we may remember Boeing taking the...

Now we may remember Boeing taking the C-Series/Delta deal to law to try and stop it, on the basis that it was too cheap for international trade and thus Dumping. Is Airbus going to do the same in...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Jun 2019, 16:21
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

Stated to be for Level, Vueling, and BA LGW. In...

Stated to be for Level, Vueling, and BA LGW. In other words the Cheap Fare (supposedly) parts of the business. Not IB or BA LHR. I don't think they could be for BA LHR anyway as unless I am mistaken...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Jun 2019, 21:31
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

Afraid that all reads too much like something...

Afraid that all reads too much like something written by Boeing's PR team yet again, everything under control, flying again by (September this time), but nothing attributable that the SEC can come...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Jun 2019, 08:01
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

Thank you, but a bit of a disappointing site,...

Thank you, but a bit of a disappointing site, after multiple ads along the way I then find I have to register to read beyond the first line ... :(
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Jun 2019, 06:56
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

Moving on into the 4th month of grounding now,...

Moving on into the 4th month of grounding now, it's notable there is no positive, straightforward announcement of what is going on. You would expect statements about things being tested from both...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Jun 2019, 17:39
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

It's good, but among it's 21st Century built...

It's good, but among it's 21st Century built compatriots it's not especially standout. Others may argue but I just feel the A320 series has a better record. What is not in question, when looking at...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Jun 2019, 02:52
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

I understand that this, which was really the...

I understand that this, which was really the start of the whole issue, was due to the basic 1960s 737-100 frame structure of the aircraft not having sufficient space between the ribs and spars for a...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Jun 2019, 18:46
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

Is that the first we have heard of this date now...

Is that the first we have heard of this date now from official sources ? December ?

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/03/boeing-plans-to-fly-a-boeing-737-max-certification-flight-soon-ceo-says.html
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Jun 2019, 10:02
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

Concerns by operators over splits between...

Concerns by operators over splits between different national regulators.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48489082

It would seem if this has been "leaked", that the recent meeting of...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th May 2019, 03:23
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,636
Posted By WHBM

IATA is a trade body of all the mainstream...

IATA is a trade body of all the mainstream carriers, on the commercial side. They represent interline agreements, revenue division, commercial policies, relations with travel agencies and other sales...
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