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Lovely read as I'm about to board a Boeing 737-800... #aviation #boeing

Title: Boeing supplier was warned of parts "defects," lawsuit claims

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/boeing-supplier-was-warned-of-parts-defects-lawsuit-claims/ar-AA1mHUWE

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Martin Veart
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737-800 is fine. It’s the Max that deserves the bad reputation. Relax 🙂
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Hank G ☑️
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I've been saying that for awhile but the class action lawsuit mentions problems going back to 2005. So my original "don't worry it's not a MAX" mantra is now out the window. I'm still on the flight so I'm obviously not *that* worried, but JFC can the bean counters at Boeing and its sub-contractors finally be shown the door and let the engineers run the place like in the before MD days?
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Martin Veart
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The Max issue goes back to 2012 (by memory) when Boeing needed to compete with the Airbus A320. I’m sure you know the engine history so you are right; it is a commercial issue that forced a bad engineering solution. At least the 800 engines does not change the handling profile of the entire aircraft!
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(((Jann Gobble)))🏳️‍🌈
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@MartinVeart several outlets included 800's and 900's in the reporting wrt Spirit AeroSystems (Boeing contractor named in Max9 stories). Maybe that's where people are getting squirrly about those models.
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Hank G ☑️
Hank G ☑️
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Yeah I know but the problem with this contractor goes back to 2005 apparently. I'm not that worried otherwise I would rebook on an Airbus. But still...
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Hank G ☑️
Hank G ☑️
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Re-scheduled flight is now on a 737-MAX8 LOL
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Hank G ☑️
Hank G ☑️
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I'm an aerospace engineer. I'm well aware of that. I'd still rather be flying on an Airbus at this point :).
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Hank G ☑️
Hank G ☑️
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Notionally anyway, and way more than the average person :). Though it's been a long time since I worked on the aero side of the industry and even then that was on the insides of jet engines not the plane itself. Most of my career was working on the space/astrodynamics side of the industry. But yeah, I'm not sitting here actually scared otherwise. Just pointing out the irony of it all :)
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Hank G ☑️
Hank G ☑️
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Still in the air because of lots of delays :)
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