Regulators won't let Boeing certify new 787 jets for flight

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

Federal safety regulators say they will retain power to approve Boeing 787 airliners for flight rather than return that authority to the aircraft maker, which hasn’t been able to deliver any new Dreamliner planes since last May because of production flaws.

The Federal Aviation Administration said it told Boeing of its decision Tuesday.

The FAA said that once deliveries of 787s resume, it will perform final inspections and retain power to clear each new plane until it is confident that Boeing’s quality control and manufacturing “consistently produce 787s that meet FAA design standards.” It also said Boeing must have a plan for handling planes that need reworking.

“This will allow the agency to confirm the effectiveness of measures Boeing has undertaken to improve the 787 manufacturing process,” the FAA said in a statement.



FILE - In this Friday, March 31, 2017, file photo, Boeing employees walk the new Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner down towards the delivery ramp area at the company's facility in South Carolina after conducting its first test flight at Charleston International Airport in North Charleston, S.C. Federal safety officials aren't ready to give back authority for approving new planes to Boeing when it comes to the large 787 jet, which Boeing calls the Dreamliner, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. The plane has been plagued by production flaws for more than a year.(AP Photo/Mic Smith, File)


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[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

1. Using non-union labor saved them so much money

[paleotn]

4. Oh, that's right! They consolidated production in SC last spring.

Oooops. Well, as they say, you get what you pay for. Pity though. The Dreamliner is a carbon fiber marvel and a beautiful aircraft.

[PSPS]

2. Why were they allowed to self-certify their self-crashing planes to begin with?

[paulkienitz]

3. same reason they were allowed to get paid sixteen billion for the Artemis I rocket, I guess

[Ghost Dog]

7. Do you mean financial corruption?

[Locrian]

5. Flying Blind

Great book called "Flying Blind" by Peter Robison about Boeing. Going from the early days to now
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/29/1059784424/flying-blind-author-says-boeing-put-profit-ahead-of-safety-with-the-737-max


ROBISON: The relationship is changing to one of Boeing being in charge of the decision-making rather than the federal regulator. This is something that happened really starting with the Reagan revolution and the idea that government is the problem, not the solution, that the agencies have been increasingly starved for resources at the FAA. The way that played out was in the acceptance of the need for more delegation of work to the manufacturer. And at that point, starting in the early 2000s, increasingly managers at the FAA were rewarded, basically, for handing more work to the manufacturer because it was cheaper.

Bottom line is the Deification of people like Jack Welch and belief that the stock market is EVERYTHING and nothing else matters.

[RainCaster]

6. There's a new mini series about Boeing on Amazon

Starts this Friday. Get out the popcorn.