Thread regarding Boeing Co. layoffs

AD issued Thursday, October 10, 2019
14 CFR Part 39
SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD)
For certain Boeing Company Model 777-200 and -300 series airplanes.
This AD was prompted by reports of unreliable performance of the
water and fuel scavenge system.
Failure of the fuel scavenge function can cause trapped fuel.
Resulting in unavailable fuel reserves.
This AD requires incorporating operating limitations or modifying
The water and fuel scavenge systems in the fuel tanks.
Modifying the fuel jettison system.
Making electrical changes in the main equipment center,
Modifying the wiring in certain panels, and installing new software.
We are issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
Docket No. FAA-2018-0495
Product Identifier 2017-NM-089-AD
Amendment 39-19716

AD issued Friday, October 11, 2019
14 CFR Part 39
SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting an airworthiness directive (AD)
For all The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes.
This AD requires repetitive operational checks of the leading edge (LE)
outboard (OB) slats and applicable on-condition actions.

This AD also requires revising the airplane flight manual (AFM)
to prohibit flap retraction under icing conditions
and revising the existing maintenance or inspection program,
as applicable, to incorporate a new operation check.
This AD was prompted by a determination that the LE OB slat system
could be out of position without flight deck annunciation.
The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

Docket No. FAA-2019-0715
Product Identifier 2019-NM-151-AD
Amendment 39-19760; AD 2019-20-07

It will get worse before it gets better:
# Carriers Love Boeing Aircraft, however Business is Business
Flyadeal a Saudi carrier cancels an order for 50 MAX aircraft
They ordered 30 A320neo and took options for 20 more,
A Boeing spokesman said Monday that the company does not
discuss customer decisions.

Garuda the national airline of Indonesia had stated in March of this year
That it was canceling 49 of the 50 Max orders
At this time, Garuda “May” still in talks with Boeing.
Again - Boeing doesn't comment on "customer cancelation discussions."
Boeing Only comments on Sales

As reported in the Financial Times. August 27, 2019
Avia Capital Services files a lawsuit to cancel an order for 35 MAX aircraft
The suit filed in Chicago also claims that Boeing had “intentionally”
failed to disclose information about the airworthiness of the jet to its customers.
It accuses Boeing of negligence in selling the “defective” aircraft.
ACS is seeking $115 million in compensatory damages, and several times that amount in punitive damages,

Why we must keep the Max line going:
Our sales contracts include a clause allowing for order cancellation if we cannot meet the delivery date within six months. Airlines can also change their order to other Boeing aircraft without incurring penalties within that six months time frame.

Delayed recertification means delayed delivery; this gives our customers an out.
On the plus side, Airbus does not have the capacity to meet global demands.
So by default we should continue to receive orders for our 737 Max.
Once the aircraft is recertified.

https://www.globalresearch.ca/cancellation-chaos-600-billion-boeing-737-max-orders-risk/5671573

Bloomberg said the MAX version of the 737 MAX has more than
5,000 orders outstanding, worth more than $600 billion.
That’s more than the GDP of Switzerland.
# These orders are all At Risk, now more than ever.
Orders for the Neo have now surpassed Max orders

Meanwhile, canceled orders are still on Boeing’s web site listed as sales.
Is this another indication of securities fraud?
It looks as if Boeing’s Code of Conduct does not apply to the directors.
(IMO) They seem to be habitual criminals, unable to stop even in the
face of such horrific tragedy and while under intense scrutiny

United Airlines cancels Boeing 737 MAX flights until January 6