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https://www.barrons.com/articles/boeing-stock-price-777x-jet-delay-51650899195
This is what happens when you can no-longer certify your own lawn darts
Was originally supposed to deliver in 2019 so at least 5 years late and at least 11 years total development time for a minor mod at best. Could you imagine depending on Boeing for a war effort project. The sooner they are no longer the better for this country.
McNerney chose to go with the 737 max instead of a 737 replacement because he wanted to develop the 777X instead of a new clean sheet 737 replacement. production delays and certification issues with the 777x just highlight even more how bad that decision was. The fact they paid McNerney millions and millions of dollars for that decision just highlights how worthless the Board of Directors was.
More News on The Number Two Aircraft Manufacture, Boeing
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-preparing-new-delay-777x-air-current-2022-04-22/?rpc=401&
Boeing 777X deliveries likely to be delayed until early 2025
April 22, 20221: 1:24pm PDT
Updated 3 hours ago
Boeing is preparing for a new delay in the 777X program that would push
first deliveries by at least a year into early 2025,
a source briefed on the matter told Reuters.
The source confirmed the delay,
first reported Friday by the Air Current aviation industry publication that said
Boeing expects to delay the certification target until late 2024 - or by another
nine to 12 months for the wide-body aircraft with deliveries to follow in 2025.
The source spoke on the condition of anonymity because the
revised target date had not yet been publicly released.
The 777X, known as the 777-9 and a larger version of the 777 wide-body jet,
has been in development since 2013 and at one point was expected to be
released for airline use in June 2020.
Boeing is also working to gain approval for the 737 MAX 10 by the end of
this year and ahead of a key safety deadline set by Congress.
The FAA in March asked Boeing to provide a "mature certification schedule"
for the new MAX 10 lawn dart
A 2020 law sets a December 2022 deadline for imposing a modern safety
standard for cockpit alerts. Only Congress can extend the deadline if the FAA
does not certify the 737 MAX 10 L.D. by then.
In May 2021, the FAA told Boeing that, realistically, it would not certify
the 777X until mid- to late 2023 and rejected a request by Boeing to clear
a certification hurdle, citing numerous concerns about lack of data and the
lack of a preliminary safety assessment for the FAA to review.
Boeing just delayed it again until the end of 2024. If you believe that, I have land to sell you in Southern Florida.
A folding wingtip commercial transport airplane makes little sense and amply illustrates how engineering anemic they have become.
The FAA does not trust Boeing for good reason. So they want to take their time and go over in detail all the certification. Which is something Boeing brought on themselves.
It has all kinds is problems in ccs, icd, flt controls, etc, etc. No end in sight for tia, no sched to atc
In other words, it is anyones guess when or if the x will be cert
Going to run out of runway due the time limit on the claim for amended tc as well
Better keep building the classic 777, now that was a development marvel, not ever to be repeat here again
There are uninformed airlines who have purchased the 777X passenger version. They just won't be geting them for a very long time, if ever.
I think FAA has indicated some willingness to certify the freighter version. I think Boeing is hoping to at least have this happen, sell freighters and then accumulate enough safe flight operational hours to convince FAA to eventually certify the passenger version.
At least no commercial passengers will die in this plane as no airlines are buying it.
Maybe they will give every passenger an ejection seat and parachute.
FAA advised Boeing over 2 years ago they wouldn't be certifying their folding wingtip commercial transport airplane, period. Don't think Boeing has done much to redesign it since then.
A whole lot of nothing according to the FAA.