Originally Posted by
scambo1
The fuel tanks on the 787 are unbelievable POS's. The vendor keeps delivering junk and boeing people have to spend 4 man days per tank to get them to seal in final assembly.
That pretty much is a summary of the entire 787 program...
The -9 and -10 will be good.
Meanwhile with the exception of ULH missions the -8 weighs roughly 40,000#s more than the 767-300ER with roughly the same floorspace.
That's a lot of engine efficiencies used to carry the extra structure on most missions...
Cheers
George