The blame lies firmly in Boeing's court. Board members and senior management are driven primarily by Shareholder returns, and quarterly profits and it is this approach that led to the real disasters. Its a crime that no corporate senior management or any board members has gone to jail over this. No matter how poor the maintenance was at Lion and how basic the training of 737 pilots. It was Boeing who promoted the non requirement for extra training.. so Lions poor approach to maintenance and training, while lamentable, did not cause the crash. Boeing choose to ignore its own middlle management and whistle blowers advice in its drive to deliver an unsafe product. I for one will certainly go out of my way not to fly the 737 Max.. period!!

(Written on 2021年 01月 01日)(Permalink)

They are flying 380s into NZAA - couple of days ago 2 at once, Also Swiss and Austrian first time visitors to NZ

(Written on 2020年 04月 09日)(Permalink)

Does the name put you off?? I find their news reporting on point. With no left or right bias apparent.. Most of the major Media outlets these days have a heavy biased viewpoint.. one glaring example is FOX news.. With conservative Billionaire owners who have a hands on approach this is unsuprising.IMHO Al Jezzera carries investigative reports such as the Boeing exposure doco, that other new agencies would not. for fear of being sued or stifled by their owners.

(Written on 2019年 08月 08日)(Permalink)

The huge difference between the DC10 and the 737 Max, as far as I comprehend this.. is the the 737 Max is inherently unstable and relies on software to intervene to balance out the flight aerodynamics - The implications of this was poor software design was fatal. I for one, no matter how many assurances Boeing has given. will never fly the 737 max unless it has a complete redesign. The DC10 had issues with the rear cargo door and maintenance issues certainly, but it was Aerodynamically stable

(Written on 2019年 08月 08日)(Permalink)

So this an engine for missiles only? What are any significant Commercial usages ?

(Written on 2019年 08月 08日)(Permalink)

Have a watch of the Al Jezzera documentary (now 2 or 3 years old) about the South Carolina plant? where Drug dealing occurred on the premises, sloppy work was carried out.. Boeing plant workers said they would not take their families fly on a SC built 787. Boeing set up the Union free plant in order to stop delays over issues raised over quality controls,fair pay for a days work, etc., etc., Boeing received huge State concessions also for building in SC.. Something Stinks in the Boeing ideology. All hail the share price and the stakeholders. Screw people safety coming on first. The CEO, the Board, All need to go according to Ralph Nader - and I agree with him.

(Written on 2019年 08月 08日)(Permalink)

I wish I could believe you, but subsequent events have so far indicated Boeing is marching on under the same principles as before the 737 Max crashes.. The fact that the board did not go along with the separation of roles for the existing CEO as proposed by a small group of shareholders, leads me to believe their behavior will be slow to change.. By making the South Carolina plant a Union Free operation and ignoring responsible managers concerns about signing off on sloppy work at this plant in order to get it up and running to meet growing airline demands, you can see they have a long way to come back from.

(Written on 2019年 07月 27日)(Permalink)

Officially yes, you are correct of course..but due to reputations and a world spotlight, I tend to believe the November target is slipping - and SWA has already pushed back their schedules even further to the 5th January... see here https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/26/8931447/southwest-airlines-leaving-newark-airport-boeing-737-max-grounded

(Written on 2019年 07月 27日)(Permalink)

Great.. thanks for that. Ideal replacements for the Qantas 717's Would love AIr NZ to pick up some of these too. Ideal for smaller city centers in NZ to Australia or the pacific islands...

(Written on 2019年 07月 27日)(Permalink)

gosh - .. The rest of the planet can only pay lip service indeed!! . President Trump endorses coal burning in order to bring jobs to the unemployed - must make your job more difficult. The united States is currently still the most polluting country in the world ( see statistics on any neutral agenda news site ) If you are engineering efforts to reduce carbon footprint then that is fantastic and good on you... but lets not dis the rest of the world in the process. And you have energy Billionaires, like the Koch brothers, actively funding fake news sites to distort evidence and promote the coal and fuel industries. This must be very painful for you..

(Written on 2019年 07月 26日)(Permalink)