At least in this instance, it looks like it was something that was totally unrelated. An infection that the guy had, pneumonia as well.Good grief...
Right.At least in this instance, it looks like it was something that was totally unrelated. An infection that the guy had, pneumonia as well.
The other aspect of this is that DOJ is reportedly consulting with the families of those killed in the Lion Air and Ethiopian crashes, and IIRC they were unhappy with the original settlement forced on them by DOJ through the deferred prosecution agreement. So it potentially opens up legal action from the families, not just DOJ.DOJ has submitted to a Texas Judge that they believe Boeing did violate its 2021 plea bargain by not improving MAX safety and quality inspections as they pledged to do.
For a prior incident of overflow leading to disastrous results through a circuitous path, see Ariane Flight V88 and the loss of the first Ariane 5. A conversion (64 bit floating point to 16 bit signed integer) overflowed because the code was designed for Ariane 4 (and wasn't even needed on Ariane 5), ran for longer than designed for on Ariane 5, generating larger values than expected that then caused the overflow, that overflow threw an exception, both inertial units dropped out because of the exception, and the diagnostic message from one of them was executed as if it was a flight command....Great news but I don't quite understand how wrong data could be returned as a result of an overflow.
The server program should either send a false flag or accurate results.
Again, she needs to think like a QA, not an MBA.“and has a bachelor's degree in accounting from Southwest Missouri State University and a Master of Business Administration from Lindenwood University.”
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Boeing's decline basically started when the engineers stopped running the company.If academical degrees are the thing to judge a person's suitability for a function in corporate governance, I would much prefer somebody with a degree in Business Administration than one with a degree in engineering. And no, I certainly don't want anyone with just an MBA tinkering on a nuclear reactor.
Everyone to their own trade.
Also going to see some short term layoffs as they kick out the people sweeping things under the rug...The dramatically increased use of the reporting tool is a good thing, from bottom to top they need to return to a culture that looks for problems to solve and rewards those who find them as well as those who fix them. It's going to be short-term ugly as the stuff previously swept under the rug is dragged back out into the daylight, but it needs to happen to get Boeing where it needs to be.
Well the CEO is already goingAlso going to see some short term layoffs as they kick out the people sweeping things under the rug...
Yeah, no great loss in either case.Well the CEO is already going
(i) Employee Proficiency (measures share of employees currently staffed to commercial programs who are proficient);
(ii) Notice of Escape (NoE) Rework Hours (measures rework due to Fabrication and supplier-provided escapes to Final Assembly);
(iii) Supplier Shortages (measures Fabrication and supplier shortages/day);
(v) Travelers at Factory Rollout (measures jobs traveling from Final Assembly);
"737s may not move to the next factory position until identified build milestones are completed unless a Safety Risk Assessment is conducted and a Mitigation Plan is in place"
Systems Integration ... TLDR: We're going to track numbers of problems to show our success
No bet.Work that it's known needs to be done after Final Assembly/Factory Rollout is a bit of an oxymoron. This is something Boeing are supposed to be eliminating, not documenting. Wanna bet someone senior's KPI in their annual appraisal depends on Factory Rollout?
Pretty sure they don't yet.The numbers aren't a measure of success, they're an active pointer to where you need to focus your attention.
Still not sure they get it.
Then why should your customers buy those planes?"would you trust your family to fly in the aircraft we are delivering?" and possibly "would you trust YOUR LIFE to the aircraft we are delivering?"
'Hell, no, Sonny, we got Gulfstreams for that . . .' /s
cheers,
Robin.
(expletives deleted) drunks on the assembly line.The news for Boeing's commercial side has never been good, now it is over torqued bolts that are the problem on the 787. I do not know what is going on with the manufacturing at Boeing.
So, in April:Despite pledging to clean up its act, Boeing had a seemingly endless run of quality and safety lapses in the years since its deferred prosecution agreement.
On September 20, 2021, just months after its agreement, Boeing disclosed it found empty tequila bottles inside one of the two 747 jets being refurbished for use as the next generation of Air Force One.
In April 2023, Boeing announced its supplier used a “non-standard manufacturing process,” delaying deliveries of the 737 Max.
In February 2024, a month after the door plug incident, a preliminary National Transportation Safety Board investigation found that the plane left a Boeing factory missing the four bolts needed to secure the door plug. Later that month, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a report sharply critical of the culture at Boeing, citing “gaps in Boeing’s safety journey,” and gave Boeing 90 days to come up with a plan to fix its problems. Subsequent FAA reports found multiple problems with Boeing’s production practices following a six-week audit.
In March, the FAA identified more potential safety issues with the engines of the 737 Max and 787 Dreamliner.
Last month, the FAA announced an investigation into a whistleblower’s complaint that the company took shortcuts when manufacturing its 777 and 787 Dreamliner jets and that those risks could become catastrophic as the airplanes age. The company disputed the complaint.
Up the proverbial creek without a paddle.In Thursday’s letter to the federal judge overseeing the prior agreement, the Justice Department said it had notified the company [Boeing] that “the government has determined that Boeing breached its obligations” in multiple parts of the 2021 deal “by failing to design, implement, and enforce a compliance and ethics program to prevent and detect violations of the U.S. fraud laws throughout its operations.”
Couple months ago I flew on a 737-800ER, an A320, A 717-200, and a 757-200 all on one trip. The only real standout was the 717, which felt very dated and low-tier compared to the other 3 despite probably not being older in real terms than the other two Boeings. The other 3 were roughly equal in fit and finish, though the 757 had easily the best ride.In the past month I have flown on A320, A350-900, A321LR, 737 MAX, 787 and 777-300ER and I would say the only Boeing aircraft that came remotely close to the Airbus aircraft in build quality (and matched the quality of 747) was the 777. Both the MAXs had horrible fitting rattles while the only redeeming feature of the 787 was the high ceilings (I missed the air vents though and the high ceilings did mean the spotlights were very intrusive for other passengers), it didnt feel like a particularly robust aircraft though.
One of the A320 also had an individual (sticky?) wheel that you could hear a rubber friction squeech and clunk each full rotation of it on the runway as well as when was it free rotating after liftoff and a noisy HVAC during Takeoff/Landing as well but I would put that down to maintenance.