Originally Posted by
JohnBurke
The article has a truth problem, and little credibility as a result, but while Duckworth's comments are pure drama sky-is-falling bull ****, Boeings effort to address a nacelle overheat is likewise problematic: Boeing's intended exemption was to simply put a limitation in the flight manual requiring pilots to shut off nacelle heat after five minutes (in icing conditions). After it becamse a public issue, Boeing elected to fall back to engineer a solution.
The article's comment regarding the Ethiopan max loss is wrong, as it the assertion that the recent plug loss was a "door" that "fell off." Further, the Alaska plug loss was not a case of "the fuselage broke." It's hard to take reporting seriously when it's that flawed.
We all know that politicians are idiots and misinformed, none of which changes:
1. The perceptions of the flying public who are often just as ill-informed as the politicians.
2. The FACT that Boeing, now having recanted their request for exemption, is now STILL going to be missing their already long-delayed promised certification of the MAX 7 for another nine months and likely closer to a year and a half.