Shock Boeing safety ruling 04/04/05
 

US airlines may face between $200m and $330m in costs after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ruled that carriers should replace fire-proof insulation on 1,600 Boeing aircraft because it does not conform to standards.

The FAA airworthiness directive would require modifications to be made over the next six years to Boeing 727s and older versions of 737s, 747s, 757s and 767s. The work would either replace the insulation to be replaced or treated with a chemical fire retardant.



Mike

....which after a few years will be discovered to have carcinogenic qualities, and another directive will be issued to force all companies to remove it at great expense, so once again many old aeroplanes will be deemed 'beyond economical repair'.

It's how you rustle up business in a dead market.