Keeping the preflight/delivery/flight test mechanics for the return to service of the Max. Once the Max is cleared the HUGE push will be to get the hundreds of planes delivered ASAP and after that the layoffs will begin again and in greater numbers except that no one will be offered the 1 week of pay for each year worked. The Contractual/LOU/scam expires.
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Yawn. Same stuff, different day.
Rebuilding the Max / Rebuilding the KC-46 / Rebuilding the 787
Zoom, Bang, UN-Zip, Yaw, Break-up, Screams, Then Silence
Fly Boeing, if you dare.
https://www.flyertalk.com/articles/report-throws-integrity-of-boeing-787-dreamliner-into-question.html
FAA Investigation Reports Concerns Over 787 Vertical Fin Construction
According to the report seen by KOMO News, the issue revolves around the
vertical fin, and a depression – or a “slight dimple” – at the place where it
meets the main fuselage.
While the microscopic gaps would normally be covered with shims,
an FAA investigation into the Dreamliner from March 2020 noted that
The vertical fin may have had un-shimmed gaps of “up to 0.034 inches.”
When left unchecked, the FAA warns that the gap and depression will
lead to a “catastrophic event.”
The report suggests this issue could be present on over 600 Boeing 787
Dreamliners, built at facilities in both Everett, Washington and Charleston,
South Carolina. Former Boeing employees, speaking to KOMO under
anonymity, say the issue could be mitigated through bribes, but it may
require an FAA order to complete the work competently, which Boeing is
not capable of.
New Accusations Follow Previous Whistleblower Reports:
The accusations go back to 2019, when engineers at Boeing first told
The New York Times that “shoddy production and weak oversight”
was creating major safety issues for new Dreamliners.
At the time, Boeing said the article “features distorted information,
rehashing old stories and rumors that have long ago been put to rest.”
The only matter that has been put to rest is the fact
That Boeing has no integrity.
And
“The condition could result in failure of a Principal Structural Element
to sustain limit load,” the FAA report reads, “And could adversely affect
the structural integrity of the airplane resulting in a loss of the aircraft