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On day one of the show, Boeing did not announce a single new order for any of its airplanes, while Airbus recorded orders and options for 123 planes, according to the aviation consulting firm IBA.iQ.
by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Tue Jun 18th, 2019 at 08:39:59 AM EST
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Their sales people are on auto-pilot?

It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II
by eurogreen on Tue Jun 18th, 2019 at 10:27:16 AM EST
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This is what happened
Acknowledging that certain practical considerations had been overlooked in production, Boeing president and CEO Dennis Muilenburg admitted at a press conference Monday that the company had made a mistake by including an automatic self-destruct function on all 737 Max airplanes. "At the time, we thought that having a simple, one-step option for destroying the aircraft would streamline operations and provide convenience to pilots, but in hindsight, we now see that it probably wasn't the best idea," said Muilenburg, noting that in light of two crashes within the past year, the button to obliterate the now-grounded planes should have at the very least been labeled and located in an area that wasn't directly on the pilot's yoke. "
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by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Tue Jun 18th, 2019 at 05:59:11 PM EST
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by Oui on Tue Jun 18th, 2019 at 09:29:56 PM EST
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They have engaged the MCAS.
by Bernard (bernard) on Tue Jun 18th, 2019 at 06:29:43 PM EST
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Design flaw in Boeing 737 MAX - engines on wings compensated by MCAS software feature.

Whatis the Boeing 737 Max Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System?

CEO Muilenberg withheld intentionally MCAS details from airlines ... here

At an employee meeting Jan. 14, 2011, Albaugh dismissed the Airbus A320neo and its potential competitiveness vs the 737NG. He stated "I don't think we will re-engine".

Pilots reveal safety fears over Boeing's fleet of Dreamliners

Amnesia and Gaza Genocide

by Oui on Tue Jun 18th, 2019 at 09:50:09 PM EST
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Never mind:

BA parent company reveals plans to buy 200 Boeing 737 Max jets - Guardian

The parent company of British Airways has announced plans to buy 200 Boeing 737 Max aircraft, the first new sales deal for the passenger jet since it was grounded because of safety fears after two crashes.

The short-haul planes would be delivered between 2023 and 2027 and shared among International Airlines Group's carriers, including Vueling, the low-cost venture Level, and BA, for its flights out of London Gatwick airport.

Meanwhile, the A vs. B slugfest goes on (this is not called Paris Air Show for nothing):

Airbus fights back with big name buyers after Boeing's MAX showstopper

LE BOURGET, France (Reuters) - Airbus sealed deals with big name buyers for its latest passenger jet at the Paris Airshow on Wednesday, battling back from the potential loss of a major customer a day earlier when IAG placed a lifeline order for Boeing's grounded 737 MAX jet.

Indigo Partners, the private equity firm of veteran low-cost airline investor Bill Franke, and American Airlines each signed up for 50 of Airbus's new long-range A321neo jet, although some orders were converted from deals on other models.

by Bernard (bernard) on Wed Jun 19th, 2019 at 08:33:24 PM EST
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BA is going to use them for kamikaze attacks on the EU after Brexit.
by rifek on Tue Jul 2nd, 2019 at 05:12:49 AM EST
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Exclusive: Boeing seeking to reduce scope, duration of some physical tests for new aircraft - sources
(Reuters) - Boeing Co engineers are reducing the scope and duration of certain costly physical tests used to certify the planemaker's new aircraft, according to industry sources and regulatory officials.

But the strategy could be at risk if regulators and U.S. lawmakers probing two deadly Boeing plane crashes require even more rigorous safety tests before certifying new aircraft as passenger-worthy.

As Boeing kicks off the year-long flight testing process on its new 777X, its engineers will cut hours off airborne testing by using computer models to simulate flight conditions, and then present the results to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as part of the basis for certification, according to two people with direct knowledge of the strategy.


Computer simulations in lieu of real life testing. What could possibly go wrong?
by Bernard (bernard) on Tue Jun 18th, 2019 at 06:49:26 PM EST
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Depends how good their test suite is.

Of course, we have the answer to that question. They omitted the test case "what happens when the single-point-of-failure sensor fails and feeds the wrong angle of attack into the flap control override algorithm?"

But there is no way you can test, whether by simulation or physically, to detect fundamental design flaws like that one.


It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II

by eurogreen on Wed Jun 19th, 2019 at 10:47:34 AM EST
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Boeing to [establish] $100 million to crash families, communities
"I wouldn't even say it's a good start."


Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Wed Jul 3rd, 2019 at 11:29:53 PM EST
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