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Message 2099010 - Posted: 5 May 2022, 19:27:15 UTC

da MORE PROFITs a Business Has - dA MORE SAFETY can be Implemented.

LOSING Money aka Less or NO PROFITs - Will NOT Pay fo da SAFETY Measures.

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da MORE PROFITs a Business Has - dA MORE SAFETY can be Implemented.
dA MORE SAFETY can be paid in bonuses and to the share holders.

The accountants will tell you spending a billion or so, on more safety is a waste of money, when the cost of insuring to cover the costs of the few accidents, is only a few million/year.
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Message 2099019 - Posted: 5 May 2022, 20:55:13 UTC - in response to Message 2099007.  

Boeing set to move headquarters to Arlington, Virginia, sources say
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All cynical comments welcome.

Don't know why was not done in the first place some years back when they wanted Corp HQ out of Seattle area.

Chi-Town costs for rent, talent, etc much higher than Arlington VA.
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Message 2099022 - Posted: 5 May 2022, 22:41:52 UTC

Yeah Baby!!!!! Arlington, VA.

Where I was Born Baby!!!!

Stay Safe Baby!!!!!!

Make Profits Baby!!!!

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Message 2099026 - Posted: 5 May 2022, 22:53:41 UTC - in response to Message 2099013.  

da MORE PROFITs a Business Has - dA MORE SAFETY can be Implemented.
dA MORE SAFETY can be paid in bonuses and to the share holders.

The accountants will tell you spending a billion or so, on more safety is a waste of money, when the cost of insuring to cover the costs of the few accidents, is only a few million/year.

BINGO - Ford Pinto gas tanks.
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Message 2099719 - Posted: 17 May 2022, 20:21:03 UTC

China air crash that killed 132 may have been deliberate, says US report
WSJ sources suggest black box recorders from Boeing 737-800 indicate intentional input from cockpit

A China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed in March, killing 132 people, appears to have been intentionally flown into the mountainside below by someone at the controls, according to reports.
Analysis by US officials of the black box flight recorders found amid the wreckage suggests deliberate input from the cockpit forced the Boeing 737-800 plane into its catastrophic dive.
The Wall Street Journal quoted an unnamed source who said: “The plane did what it was told to do by someone in the cockpit.”
The China Eastern plane was cruising at a steady altitude and speed before it suddenly descended more than 20,000ft in just over a minute, and crashing near the city of Wuzhou in Guangxi province.
Chinese investigators have led the crash inquiry but US officials are involved as the plane is US-made.
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Message 2099737 - Posted: 18 May 2022, 4:28:24 UTC - in response to Message 2099719.  

China air crash that killed 132 may have been deliberate, says US report
WSJ sources suggest black box recorders from Boeing 737-800 indicate intentional input from cockpit

A China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed in March, killing 132 people, appears to have been intentionally flown into the mountainside below by someone at the controls, according to reports.
Analysis by US officials of the black box flight recorders found amid the wreckage suggests deliberate input from the cockpit forced the Boeing 737-800 plane into its catastrophic dive.
The Wall Street Journal quoted an unnamed source who said: “The plane did what it was told to do by someone in the cockpit.”
The China Eastern plane was cruising at a steady altitude and speed before it suddenly descended more than 20,000ft in just over a minute, and crashing near the city of Wuzhou in Guangxi province.
Chinese investigators have led the crash inquiry but US officials are involved as the plane is US-made.

CFIT. https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=85359&postid=2096309#2096309
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Message 2099741 - Posted: 18 May 2022, 5:56:08 UTC - in response to Message 2099737.  
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China air crash that killed 132 may have been deliberate, says US report
WSJ sources suggest black box recorders from Boeing 737-800 indicate intentional input from cockpit

A China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed in March, killing 132 people, appears to have been intentionally flown into the mountainside below by someone at the controls, according to reports.
Analysis by US officials of the black box flight recorders found amid the wreckage suggests deliberate input from the cockpit forced the Boeing 737-800 plane into its catastrophic dive.
The Wall Street Journal quoted an unnamed source who said: “The plane did what it was told to do by someone in the cockpit.”
The China Eastern plane was cruising at a steady altitude and speed before it suddenly descended more than 20,000ft in just over a minute, and crashing near the city of Wuzhou in Guangxi province.
Chinese investigators have led the crash inquiry but US officials are involved as the plane is US-made.

CFIT. https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=85359&postid=2096309#2096309
Yes, and sadly having actual footage of that crash really left it beyond doubt that it was a controlled dive overriding both aerodynamic principles and electronic fail safes. :-(
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Message 2100666 - Posted: 3 Jun 2022, 17:10:50 UTC
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The sorry (deadly?) saga of Boeing continues:

(All just my own uneducated personal viewpoint as always...)


Boeing is losing the plane race. So it packed up and left for Washington
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Boeing is moving its headquarters from Chicago to a suburb of Washington, DC. But some analysts think this move is one in the wrong direction.
Boeing was based in Seattle from its founding in 1916 to 2001. During its heyday it was renowned as an engineering-driven company that made the best, safest planes. But many industry watchers felt that reputation was lost as Boeing shifted to focus on the bottom line...

... "One company [(Airbus)] is saying 'We're going to build lots of jets.' The other [(Boeing)] is saying 'We're going to lobby the Pentagon and Congress for defense dollars.' It's a big contrast...

... The crashes of two of 737 Max jets that killed all 346 people on board the flights led to a crippling 20-month grounding of the plane. It also was one of the most expensive corporate blunders in history, costing Boeing in excess of $20 billion. But it's had problems, delays and financial charges for just about all of its other passenger jets too...

... already has nearly 100 lobbyists and a lobbying budget of $13.4 million a year ... "I don't think anyone would accuse Boeing of not having enough presence in DC,"...

... "Boeing's problem isn't a lack of access to government, but rather its ongoing production problems and the failures of management and the board that led to the fatal crashes of the 737 Max." "Boeing should focus on making safe airplanes — not lobbying federal regulators and Congress,"...


Boeing unveils new safety plan that sharpens focus and culture
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Boeing has published its 2022 Chief Aerospace Safety Officer Report which reveals a host of major changes to sharpen focus and improve culture...

... The realignment results in an even greater emphasis on safety as it increases transparency, collaboration and accountability across all engineering designs and decisions...

... All of these changes are an important part of the ongoing Boeing safety journey...


FAA finds Boeing 787 certification documents incomplete {inadequate}
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Deliveries of the 787 have been halted for a year as Boeing addressed inspections and repairs in an industrial headache expected to cost $5.5 billion...

... In February, the FAA said it would not allow Boeing to self-certify individual new Boeing 787 planes. Then-FAA Administrator Steve Dickson said the agency needed from Boeing “a systemic fix to their production processes. They’ve got to produce the quality on their production line that we’re looking for and that they’ve committed to.”...


FAA plans tighter reins than normal on Boeing
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The manufacturer this week was denied a standard request for a new, five-year period for self-regulation by the FAA, with the regulator instead opting to delegate that authority for only three years.

... “There are multiple in-work improvements that the FAA would like to assess within the Boeing organization over the next three years,” the agency said in a letter to the company. “We will review improvements to the ODA, including, but not limited to, interference, independence, timely implementation of corrective actions, Boeing Procedures Manual updates, self-audits and implementation of the Boeing Safety Management System.”

The heavier hand from the FAA comes in the wake of years of crisis at Boeing, including deadly crashes...

... The FAA has said it would individually certify each 737 MAX and 787 that comes off Boeing’s production lines.


Boeing clashes with key supplier ahead of Starliner spacecraft launch
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... at odds over the cause of a problem involving fuel valves in the Starliner propulsion system that forced a postponement of a test flight last July, with the two companies faulting one another...

... Boeing in a statement ... acknowledged for the first time that it ultimately intends to redesign Starliner's valve system to prevent a repeat of the issue that forced last year's test-flight postponement...

... technical setbacks have pushed Starliner's first flight with people aboard into an unknown future, placing it far behind Musk's SpaceX, whose Crew Dragon capsule, developed under the same NASA program as Starliner, has already flown five astronaut crews...

... Boeing last week wheeled Starliner back to the launch pad for a third time ahead of the upcoming launch, having swapped out the propulsion system for a new one with a temporary fix that prevents moisture from seeping into the valve section. ... This approach was used in order to get Starliner back to the launchpad quickly...

... NASA officials acknowledged they had trusted Boeing too much...


Boeing's Starliner encounters propulsion problems on way to ISS
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... Boeing's Starliner capsule was heading for the International Space Station Thursday, in a critical uncrewed test flight that followed years of failures and false starts...


Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft lands in New Mexico after successful test flight
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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft parachuted to a “picture perfect” landing in southern New Mexico Wednesday, capping a six-day test flight to the International Space Station...

... This time, the mood was jubilant among NASA and Boeing officials...

... “We have a few things to work on between now and then, but I don’t really see any showstoppers this time relative to last time, when we had challenges to the software and the comm (communications) system.”

The problems found on the 2019 test flight caused a two-year delay in the program. Last year, Boeing moved a Starliner spacecraft to the launch pad for a redo, but engineers discovered stuck valves...


What's next for Boeing's Starliner capsule after historic space station mission?
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Starliner could fly astronauts for the first time later this year...


Are NASA and Boeing getting overconfident about Starliner?
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Yesterday, Boeing gave Starliner a score of 15 out of a possible 10! Was the test flight really this good? Or is this the kind of hubris that we saw at NASA just prior to the Challenger disaster...


NASA to buy 5 more astronaut missions from SpaceX
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... Assuming the newly purchased five flights continue in sequence after Crew-9, the contract modification would bring SpaceX through mission Crew-14...

... NASA sees SpaceX and Boeing as keystones in its astronaut transportation needs in the coming years; the agency awarded contracts to both companies in 2014 for such work. NASA noted on that Wednesday it may need to use additional SpaceX flights as soon as 2026. Ordering more Dragon missions that may fly even after Starliner is ready provides important redundancy, agency officials said...


Boeing stock sinks to new 52-week low after latest string of depressing news
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Boeing (NYSE:BA) closed -4.8% in Thursday's trading, touching a new two-year intraday low of $120.28, and shares have shed 26% since the company's big Q1 earnings miss on April 27, when it also said it would pause production of the 777X at least through 2023.

CEO David Calhoun had to defend the company's engineering culture after a raft of cost overruns and stretched certification timelines...



What do you believe?

Will this unnecessarily risk the death/killing of yet more people for the sake of deadly greedy corporate (and directors' personal) profit?

Stay safe folks!
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Message 2100678 - Posted: 3 Jun 2022, 19:41:12 UTC - in response to Message 2100666.  

Having been involved at the sharp end pf the compliance industry....
It is not uncommon for early issues of so called compliance demonstration documents to be both inadeqiate and incomplete.
Why do I say both?
Incomplete means they don't cover all the required clauses of the standards.
Inadaequate means that the responses to clauses does not clearly and unequivocally demonsttate compliance with one or more clauses of a given stamdard. It's no good saying "We comply" without the appropriate demonstration of compliance.
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Message 2101534 - Posted: 18 Jun 2022, 23:10:49 UTC
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Is this the lawsuit that will eventually force the Boeing 'accountants' to reassess the price of a life?


A New Six BILLION Dollar Suit Has Be Filed Against Boeing By Family Members Of A Lion Air Passenger
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... This suit also [personally] names former CEO Dennis Muilenburg along with present Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun and former Chief Test Pilot Mark Forkner.



Also for quite an eye-opener:

  • How has Boeing managed such a paltry payout for the victims of the two 737 Max MCAS crashes?


From my uneducated personal view: Such a paltry payout gives convincing credence that the lives of passengers and crew were 'sacrificed' for the sake of increased profits by avoiding the expense of design and pilot training...


All in our deadly greedy world...
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Message 2102099 - Posted: 27 Jun 2022, 16:31:49 UTC

Viewing a bit of a recap for Boeing and some latest updates, see:


Why Boeing Should Retire The Max And Build .... An Airbus!


The True Shocking Reason The DOJ Didn't Criminally Charge Boeing Executives Over The Max


Southwest Forced Boeing To Hide MCAS From FAA & World Regulators To Avoid Costly Pilot Training


Delayed 3 More Years! Will Boeing EVER Get The New Air Force One 747-8i's Off The Ground?



From my own personal uneducated view: There's a deadly unhealthy mix of design, politics, and greed, all mixed up in there...

Fly safe?...


All in our deadly greedy world...
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Message 2102117 - Posted: 27 Jun 2022, 22:16:38 UTC - in response to Message 2102099.  

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From my own personal uneducated view: There's a deadly unhealthy mix of design, politics, and greed, all mixed up in there...

Fly safe?...

*and pack a few extra sets of underwear for the flight*
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Message 2102989 - Posted: 12 Jul 2022, 0:33:38 UTC
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Boeing continues to 'test the fortitude of your underwear'...


Boeing 737 MAX mid-air emergencies revealed, US agency to probe production issues
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... The incidents, pulled from US government air safety databases, are among more than 60 mid-flight problems reported by pilots in the 12 months after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recertified the plane's airworthiness in late 2020.

Former employees of both Boeing and the FAA characterised the reports — which included engine shutdowns and pilots losing partial control of the plane — as serious and with the potential to end in tragedy...


Boeing THREATENS to CANCEL 737-10
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Boeing is threatening the cancellation of the 737-10, the largest aircraft in the series, and one threat is currently attempting to seek approval from the aviation governing bodies...



This is 2022. Many people have died on the Boeing 737 (in my personal uneducated view, completely preventably unnecessarily).

AND YET!

Boeing continue to build and sell aircraft to old fundamentally outdated safety standards, completely ignoring what has been learnt for safe flying since the 1960s!!!


Why should Boeing continue to be 'excused'?...


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Message 2104269 - Posted: 1 Aug 2022, 18:58:42 UTC - in response to Message 2104218.  
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Martin, I'm sure you'll like this ...
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/boeing-company-nyse-ba-shares-131058451.html

Thanks and wow!...

There are some pretty wild assumptions to dream up those future numbers... Like for example, no more Boeing 737s killing everyone on board...

And, really, will the FAA "roll over and die" and allow the 737-MAX-10 to fly without following all present day modern safety standards?...


So, from that article we have the warning:

Snowflake Score

Valuation             4/6
Future Growth         5/6
Past Performance      0/6
Financial Health      0/6
Dividends             0/6


Why should that financial leopard suddenly so drastically change its spots?


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Just how much was in that brown envelope???
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Message 2104286 - Posted: 2 Aug 2022, 0:38:27 UTC - in response to Message 2104273.  

Just how much was in that brown envelope???

Enough
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Message 2105002 - Posted: 12 Aug 2022, 20:37:46 UTC

Just an update on the latest Boeing news.
Wide-body jet demand humming again as Boeing 787 rejoins the fray
PARIS/WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Boeing Co's (BA.N) 787 Dreamliner has returned to the world market for newly delivered aircraft at a time when demand for wide-body jetliners is finally stirring to life after a prolonged slump.

The U.S. planemaker delivered its first Dreamliner since May 2021 on Wednesday, in a significant milestone for the manufacturer after production problems with its wide-body jet
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Message 2105225 - Posted: 16 Aug 2022, 18:21:39 UTC
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So... What is Boeing up to now?...


Review: Boeing Boeing...
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AS ONE door opens, another closes - quite literally...

... The award-winning farce...

... around the world for more than 50 years...

A farce award?!!!...

But, but, but...

Lest I thought this was a human-lives-safety-critical safety-conscious industry?...


With that we have:

FAA Approves Boeing Inspection & Modification Plan To Restart 787 Deliveries
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After 15 months of halted deliveries, The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given the green light to Boeing’s inspection and modification plan for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner...

... In May 2021, deliveries of the 787 were halted following production issues dating back at least two years...

... Boeing was hit hard following the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX in 2019 and subsequent 787 manufacturing issues, with the company posting an $8.377 billion loss in Q4 2020. In its Q2 results released earlier this week, Boeing posted a $490 million profit for the period between March and July, revealing that it expects to meet positive free cash flow by the end of Q4. At the end of Q2, Boeing currently has 4,200 aircraft in its commercial backlog, worth almost $300 billion...

Boeing delivers first 787 Dreamliner since 2021 with jet for American Airlines
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... Boeing has ~120 of the planes awaiting delivery.

The Federal Aviation Administration said earlier this week that it cleared Boeing to resume Dreamliner deliveries...


Boeing takes another Starliner charge against its earnings
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Boeing said July 27 it will take another charge against its earnings because of the CST-100 Starliner commercial crew program as the company and NASA get closer to a first flight of the vehicle with astronauts on board...

... “driven by launch manifest updates and additional costs associated with OFT-2,” the second uncrewed test flight of the vehicle that took place in May. The company did not elaborate on the specific issues that caused the charge...

... The [Crewed Flight Test] CFT mission, NASA announced then, will last two weeks after earlier proposing to keep it at the station for up to six months. A two-week mission, the agency said, “is sufficient to meet all NASA and Boeing test objectives for CFT,”...

... If CFT is successful, Starliner could start operational missions as soon as the fall of 2023, after the SpaceX Crew-6 mission launching in the spring of 2023...

Boeing slammed with another FAA airworthiness directive on 777 aircraft
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The latest directive and ongoing aircraft certification hurdles affecting Boeing’s 737, 787 and 777X aircraft models...

... instructing airlines to disconnect the Gust Suppression function on all US registered Boeing 777 aircraft models within three months, or before the aircraft has registered 75,000 flight hours, over safety concerns...

... it could lead to serious safety risks when it is defective [and cause an electrical fire? Or cause a false reading dangerously affecting the flight controls?]...

... Under the directive covering 279 US-registered B-777 aircraft, operators are required to disconnect the system connectors, cap them and secure the wires, as a temporary solution until Boeing develops a permanent modification that addresses the “unsafe condition,” according to the FAA.

Second directive

The recent directive is the second in less than two weeks after the FAA voiced concerns about potential electric discharges in the aircraft type’s fuel tanks in case of a lightning strike or electrical short-circuit. The directive issued last week mandates operators to install mitigation materials, and perform detailed inspections and corrective actions...



Meanwhile, years later for some of the victims:

Lion Air victims get payout after Boeing settlement cash vanishes
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US law firm takes rare step of compensating families after California lawyer fails to hand over settlement money...



Reducing the Starliner CFT mission from six months down to two weeks is curious... Are there lingering concerns about corrosion accumulating to cause the thruster valves to jam/fail?...


Meanwhile... Have any of the Boeing board yet suffered any penalties?...

Fly safe?...
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