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Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 11th 2020, 7:43 pm
Replies: 353
Views: 50,883
Posted By dave_j

Re: Boeing 737 Max 8

Yes...
Boeing might not have hit the buffers just yet but they're within sight just down the line.
It's announced that it'll be calling on the remainder of the $13.8B loan it arranged earlier in...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 23rd 2020, 4:39 am
Replies: 353
Views: 50,883
Posted By dave_j

Re: Boeing 737 Max 8

I can understand why the Boeing board would want to continue to pay dividends, but, if true, it's short sighted given...

"CNBC: Boeing to take $10 billion loan to cover 737 MAX fallout. Boeing is...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 22nd 2020, 6:11 pm
Replies: 353
Views: 50,883
Posted By dave_j

Re: Boeing 737 Max 8

I'm beginning to wonder to what use the american military can put 400 MAXs to if they never get approval back again. Target drones?
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 11th 2020, 5:23 am
Replies: 353
Views: 50,883
Posted By dave_j

Re: Boeing 737 Max 8

It Stinks.
"Boeing denied former CEO Dennis Muilenburg severance when he was ousted for his handling of the 737 Max crisis, but he will get more than $60 million in pension benefits and stock, the...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 29th 2019, 11:50 pm
Replies: 353
Views: 50,883
Posted By dave_j

Re: Boeing 737 Max 8

I agree. More information suggests that Boeing got fed up with having 787s around waiting and needed to boost year end delivery figures. Seems to be down to Qatar and them liking a Qsuite that needed...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 29th 2019, 5:31 am
Replies: 353
Views: 50,883
Posted By dave_j

Re: Boeing 737 Max 8

Or.. could it be that Boeing wanted to call these 'delivered' and collect the cash?
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 28th 2019, 11:20 pm
Replies: 353
Views: 50,883
Posted By dave_j

Re: Boeing 737 Max 8

This has become a Boeing thread... it's putting Boeing under the spotlight and stories that would normally not bubble to the surface become the sort of 'Can't they get anything right?' story.
That...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 23rd 2019, 3:42 pm
Replies: 353
Views: 50,883
Posted By dave_j

Re: Boeing 737 Max 8

Guess he knows a few secrets. Interesting to see what his exit package is, perhaps they'll give him his own personal 737MAX to keep in his garage because he won't dare fly in it.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 20th 2019, 4:11 pm
Replies: 353
Views: 50,883
Posted By dave_j

Re: Boeing 737 Max 8

Boeing is quickly becoming the company that seems unable to get anything right...
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/boeing-starliner-hits-snag-orbit-134802433.html
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 17th 2019, 3:30 pm
Replies: 353
Views: 50,883
Posted By dave_j

Re: Boeing 737 Max 8

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/boeing-suspend-production-737-max-plane-january-n1102851
So Boeing is to suspend production of the MAX.
The bean counters won and... then everyone...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 11th 2019, 6:22 am
Replies: 353
Views: 50,883
Posted By dave_j

Re: Boeing 737 Max 8

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/faa-engineers-objected-to-boeings-removal-of-some-787-lightning-protection-measures/

I don't doubt that other aircraft manufacturers bend the...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 7th 2019, 6:11 am
Replies: 353
Views: 50,883
Posted By dave_j

Re: Boeing 737 Max 8

You may be correct but 133 aircraft are involved here equating to about $30k for each deliberate act. The idea behind QA procedures is that they're designed to prevent issues like this.
Once you...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 7th 2019, 5:14 am
Replies: 353
Views: 50,883
Posted By dave_j

Re: Boeing 737 Max 8

Why only a fine of 3.9M for this? Actions like this destroy any claim to Quality Assurance....
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Nov 28th 2019, 6:24 pm
Replies: 353
Views: 50,883
Posted By dave_j

Re: Boeing 737 Max 8

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7732719/Boeing-fuselage-ruptured-777X-stress-test-blowing-passenger-door-damaging-wing.html
Apparently the reports that a cargo door failed earlier were...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Nov 27th 2019, 9:19 pm
Replies: 353
Views: 50,883
Posted By dave_j

Re: Boeing 737 Max 8

One reason these tests are made is to ensure that the factor of safety designed into the structure has been well understood. The fact that it failed within an envelope where the structure should have...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Nov 27th 2019, 6:32 pm
Replies: 353
Views: 50,883
Posted By dave_j

Re: Boeing 737 Max 8

This is a bit worrying.
Boeing, like it's planes, seems to be coming apart at the seams.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/boeing-777x-fuselage-split-during-162111214.html
and.... I don't like...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Nov 23rd 2019, 4:14 pm
Replies: 353
Views: 50,883
Posted By dave_j

Re: Boeing 737 Max 8

I suspect that there are those not inclined to make the MAX return to flight an easy route for Boeing.
Remember the brickbats that Boeing tossed at Bombardier?
Rearrange the following... Roost -...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Nov 8th 2019, 3:48 pm
Replies: 353
Views: 50,883
Posted By dave_j

Re: Boeing 737 Max 8

Not looking good is it? Would you trust Boeing?
https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/aviation/469567-near-crash-in-simulator-prompted-delays-in-boeing-max-return
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Nov 1st 2019, 6:13 pm
Replies: 353
Views: 50,883
Posted By dave_j

Re: Boeing 737 Max 8

Looks like bonus fodder to me....
But news like this will definitely put the willies up the average customer and, as you say, it could gain momentum.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 30th 2019, 4:23 pm
Replies: 353
Views: 50,883
Posted By dave_j

Re: Boeing 737 Max 8

An interesting phenomenon has arisen out of the MAX groundings.
"Canada’s two largest airlines reported solid results for their busiest summer season despite lower capacity and extra costs from the...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 23rd 2019, 6:53 pm
Replies: 353
Views: 50,883
Posted By dave_j

Re: Boeing 737 Max 8

Glad I kept out of this one.. Nearly dipped my toe in the quagmire but knew it would be bitten off.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 20th 2019, 4:18 am
Replies: 353
Views: 50,883
Posted By dave_j

Re: Boeing 737 Max 8

I have to say that when I read what it was and what it did I imagined a component that was a little more robust than that.
Just goes to show than any aircraft I designed wouldn't get off the ground.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 18th 2019, 8:37 pm
Replies: 353
Views: 50,883
Posted By dave_j

Re: Boeing 737 Max 8

Imagine for one second that......
The MAX had now been flying for a few years without incident, how would we have uncovered the bean-counting culture extant within the Boeing psyche and would we...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 11th 2019, 8:57 pm
Replies: 353
Views: 50,883
Posted By dave_j

Re: Boeing 737 Max 8

I hope not, why have government regulators if they're not up to it, might as well sack the lot and take our chances when we choose to fly.
Won't make a difference to the likes of Boeing, they make...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 11th 2019, 7:55 pm
Replies: 353
Views: 50,883
Posted By dave_j

Re: Boeing 737 Max 8

Politics and money won't allow it to happen, but who can argue that the MAX doesn't qualify for a full new airframe recertification....
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