Thread: WSJ - Another 6mth Delay To 787
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Old 12-11-2008 | 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Ottopilot
While Boeing and the 787 are having its problems; all new aircraft do. It's up to a one year delay. That's really not that bad overall (so far). The plane still has a record number of orders for a new type. I think it's 895 firm orders? Once the program is finally running and aircraft are being delivered, you'll see even more orders. Even with the problems, this plane is on its way to being one of the most successful aircraft in history. That could change, but this is really normal for a new type.
The delay is considerably more than a year, this is the fourth delay and on the original schedule the airplane would have been in service this past May. It still has not flown, and faces a very tight flight test schedule.

I hope that the airplane does well in the long run, but right now Boeing management ought to be taking a good hard look in the mirror and thinking about how their MBA tainted minds have treated their production workers and engineers. At the end of the day it is the engineers and factory workers who generate income by putting real airplanes on real ramps.

In this regard Boeing’s problems are just another example of a broader problem in American business management, aspects of which those of us in the airline industry are painfully aware of.

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